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Photo taken on the Execution site Ghent-Oostakker.
This is the location where 66 members of the Resistance were executed during WWII
The statue was made by the Ghent sculptor Geo Vindevogel.
La grotta di Putignano ( o Grotta del Trullo) è la prima grotta carsica che è stata utilizzata a fini turistici in Puglia.
La sua scoperta risale al 29 maggio 1931 quando, in occasione dei lavori di scavo per l'esecuzione di un tronco fognario, per caso si scoprì questa ampia cavità che si apriva a pochi metri sotto il piano campagna, come una enorme cupola "al negativo".
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The Putignano cave (or Grotta del Trullo) is the first karst cave that was used for tourism in Puglia.
Its discovery dates back to May 29, 1931 when, on the occasion of the excavation work for the execution of a sewer trunk, by chance this large cavity was discovered that opened a few meters below the ground level, like a huge dome "on the negative ".
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For my dear, Monsieur Pistolet : 0)
“Everything in art depends on execution: the story of a louse can be as beautiful as the story of Alexander. You must write according to your feelings, be sure those feelings are true, and let everything else go hang. When a line is good it ceases to belong to any school. A line of prose must be as immutable as a line of poetry.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
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WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW – AMY WINEHOUSE
Parrots are very social creatures
full-on colours and pretty features
loving and giving and bringing delight
perched on a branch or in full flight
I study them and think anew
of what we can learn and what we can do
smile at a stranger; give the gift of love
offer a helping hand like an angel above
They make me smile with their funny ways
these Rainbow Lorikeets prefer sunnier days
but they seem happy despite the rain; carefree
they love each other that is plain to see
Male and female are hard to tell apart
both are beautiful and warm my heart
she is on the left and he is on the right
it's easier to tell when they're sitting tight
The female has some yellow that mingles with the red
and the male one has the reddest breast and a squarer head
just then they turned towards me and them I am unsure
but does it really matter as long as they adore
They like to eat pollen and nectar and fruit
the male puffs up his rainbow suit
protecting his mate from the other parrots
so she can digest her food but she does not like carrots
They like apples and pears and grapes and sunflower seeds
some figs and nectar to fulfil their needs
papayas and mangoes opened by a fruit bat
make them smile inside like the Cheshire cat
I stayed with them for quite a long while
getting drenched but with a constant smile
and then sadly it was time to go
what a lovely experience; my dreams overflow.
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I have always been touched by the tragic story of the Romanovs and fascinated by the history of the Czars. The Romanov family reigned from 1613 to 1917.
Anastasia was only 17 when she was executed/ murdered with her parents, three older sisters and little brother, in the basement of Ipatiev House by the Bolshevik revolutionaries under Yakov Yurovsky. They were shot and bayonetted to death.
After the revolution of 1917 which deposed him, Czar Nicholas appealed for asylum from his English cousin who later became King George V, but he was refused, supposedly for political reasons. This sealed the family's fate. To Communists the Romanov family were symbols of a decadent and oppressive autocratic regime and as such they were held prisoners in Siberia for more than a year before the decision was made to brutally murder them. it is believed Lenin ordered the execution.
After the fall of Communism the remains of five family members and four loyal retainers were finally found in the nearby Koptyaki forest and buried with ceremony in St. Petersburg in 1998. The two remaining children were found in 2007. All were identified by Dna thus putting to rest the stories that any may have escaped, especially Anastasia.
They were all declared holy martyrs and saints by the Russian Orthodox church. The Church of All Saints was erected on the former site of Ipatiev House..
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As they say...winter is coming. Execution by Christmas Lights; Solveig. slurl - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Solveig/109/163/21
“Ideation without execution is delusion.” —Robin Sharma
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L'église a été construite vers 1150 et s'est développée au fil des siècles en tant que centre religieux. Pendant la Guerre de Civile anglaise en 1649, elle a brièvement servi de prison pour des membres du mouvement Levellers.
Elle est dotée d'une tour centrale, d'un plan en croix et d'une nef à cinq travées flanquée de chapelles de part et d'autre. La structure affiche les traits caractéristiques de son époque avec de nombreux détails architecturaux qui subsistent aujourd'hui.
C'est à Burford qu'Oliver Cromwell capture en 1649 environ 300 levellers qui s'étaient mutinés lors d'une attaque de nuit, après les avoir poursuivis à travers deux comtés[2]. Il les fait enfermer dans l'église de la ville pendant trois jours, les condamne à mort puis les gracie après les avoir forcés à assister à l'exécution de leurs meneurs.
The church was built around 1150 and developed over the centuries as a religious centre. During the English Civil War in 1649, it briefly served as a prison for members of the Levellers movement.
It features a central tower, a cruciform plan and a five-bay nave flanked by chapels on either side. The structure displays the characteristic features of its era, with many architectural details still visible today.
It was at Burford that Oliver Cromwell captured, in 1649, some 300 Levellers who had mutinied during a night-time raid, after pursuing them across two counties[2]. He had them locked up in the town’s church for three days, sentenced them to death, and then pardoned them after forcing them to witness the execution of their leaders.
An dieser Stelle wurde am 29.April 1848 das Todesurteil des Pflegschaftsrichters vom Schloss Marsbach an Frau Katharina Mühleder durch Erhängen vollzogen. Sie hatte ihren Ehegatten ermordet.
It was here, on April 29, 1848, that the death sentence handed down by the judge of the Marsbach Castle court against Katharina Mühleder was carried out by hanging. She had murdered her husband.
Construido en 1575, en honor al Doctor Vallés, médico de Felipe II. Es de estilo herreriano con decoración renacentista. Fue archivo de documentación, pero en el siglo XVIII perdió su funcion, ya que todo fue trasladado al archivo de Simancas. Hoy acoge la oficina de Informacion y Turismo, la Bibioteca municipal y una sala de Exposiciones.
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Built in 1575, in honor of Doctor Vallés, doctor of Felipe II. It is in the Herrerian style with Renaissance decoration. It was a documentation archive, but in the 18th century it lost its function, since everything was transferred to the Simancas archive. Today it houses the Information and Tourism Office, the Municipal Library and an Exhibition Hall.
Se ubica en la localidad burgalesa de Covarrubias, en Castilla y León. Fue construido en la segunda mitad del siglo XVI y restaurado en 1963, incrustado en las murallas, de las que en adelante fue puerta norte y que a su vez le sirvieron de estribo. A mediados del siglo XVIII desaparecieron los pocos restos que aún quedaban en aquel lado.
Tiene forma de prisma pétreo de base rectangular, tres alturas con ventanas renacentistas, notable rejería, gran escudo en el centro y contrafuertes en esquinas y junto al arco de entrada. Traza y proyecto se deben a Juan de Herrera, ejecución a Juan de Vallejo, quien aportó detalles platerescos.
El edificio, que fue declarado monumento histórico-artístico el 13 de julio de 1961 y cuenta en la actualidad con el estatus de Bien de Interés Cultural.
Está también incluido dentro del área delimitada como Bien de Interés Cultural, en la categoría de conjunto histórico, de la localidad.
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It is located in the Burgos town of Covarrubias, in Castilla y León. It was built in the second half of the 16th century and restored in 1963, embedded in the walls, of which from now on it was a north gate and which in turn served as a stirrup. In the middle of the 18th century, the few remains that still remained on that side disappeared.
It is shaped like a stone prism with a rectangular base, three floors with Renaissance windows, a remarkable grille, a large shield in the center and buttresses in the corners and next to the entrance arch. Layout and project are due to Juan de Herrera, execution to Juan de Vallejo, who contributed Plateresque details.
The building, which was declared a historical-artistic monument on July 13, 1961 and currently has the status of Asset of Cultural Interest.
It is also included within the area delimited as a Site of Cultural Interest, in the category of historical complex, of the town.
La Cavallerizza Reale è uno storico edificio di Torino, facente parte del circuito di residenze sabaude in Piemonte proclamato, nel 1997, patrimonio mondiale dell'UNESCO.
Progettata nel 1740 in stile barocco dall'architetto Benedetto Alfieri su un precedente progetto risalente alla metà del XVII dell'ingegnere Amedeo di Castellamonte, la struttura veniva utilizzata per l'esecuzione di esercitazioni equestri.
Nel 1840 l'edificio subì una profonda trasformazione su progetto dell’architetto Ernest Melano. Il 13 luglio 1943 il complesso fu danneggiato da un bombardamento.
L'edificio, rimasto abbandonato e occupato da alcuni collettivi nel marzo 2014, è stato interessato da tre intensi incendi di origini dolose: uno nel 2014 (rimasto senza colpevoli), uno nel 2016 e un altro nel 2019. Il primo di essi ha ispirato una performance teatrale che ha avuto luogo nel complesso ad un anno dall'evento.
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The Cavallerizza Reale is a historic building in Turin, part of the circuit of Savoy residences in Piedmont proclaimed, in 1997, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Designed in 1740 in Baroque style by the architect Benedetto Alfieri on a previous project dating back to the mid-seventeenth century by the engineer Amedeo di Castellamonte, the structure was used for the execution of equestrian exercises.
In 1840 the building underwent a profound transformation based on a project by the architect Ernest Melano. On 13 July 1943 the complex was damaged by a bombing.
The building, which was abandoned and occupied by some collectives in March 2014, was affected by three intense arson fires: one in 2014 (remained without culprits), one in 2016 and another in 2019. The first of them inspired a theatrical performance that took place overall one year after the event.
San Juan de Duero, Soria.
Declaración Monumento: Agosto, 1882
Estilo: Románico, Fecha de construcción: Siglos XII-XIII
Impresionante monasterio de la Orden de San Juan de Jerusalén, que se encuentra de camino, al lugar donde discurre la leyenda de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, El Monte de las Ánimas. La edificación se fecha entre los siglos XII-XIII. Lo más llamativo es el impresionante claustro, que conserva las cuatro crujías, con una colección de estilos en su ejecución, de lo más sorprendente. Típico del románico son los arcos de medio punto, que descansan sobre parejas de columnas, que encontramos en el tramo situado al noroeste. Arcos de herradura apuntados, que se apoyan en haces de cuatro columnas, en el tramo noreste. En los tramos suroeste y sureste los arcos se encuentran entrecruzados, siendo la unión de ambos tramos, mediante un arco doble, también entrecruzado y sin columna. La iglesia es sencilla, de una sola nave y ábside semicircular, la nave se cierra con bóveda de cañón apuntado y el ábside con bóveda de horno. Destacan los dos templetes adosados al muro en el comienzo de la cabecera.
Declaration Monument: August, 1882
Style: Romanesque, Date of construction: XII-XIII Centuries
Impressive monastery of the Knights Hospitaller, who is on his way to the place where legend runs Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, El Monte de las Animas. The building is dated between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Most striking is the impressive cloister, retaining the four bays, with a collection of styles in its execution, the most surprising. Are typical Romanesque arches, resting on pairs of columns, which are located in the northwest section. Pointed horseshoe arches, which are supported by four columns beams in the northeast section. In the southwest and southeast sections are intersecting arcs, being the union of the two sections, with a double arch, also crisscrossed without column. The church is simple, with a single nave and semicircular apse, the nave closes with pointed barrel vault and the apse with oven vault. Highlights include the two temples attached to the wall at the beginning of the header.
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Iconostasis in the northern nave (left) of the cathedral.
When designing the cathedral, it was planned to make five vestibules (three below and two in the choir). However, according to Byzantine traditions, it was decided that in the Volodymyr's Cathedral there will be one throne in the middle nave below, and a sacristy in the left one.
On the right side of the entrance to the sacristy, on the icons are the images of St. Queen Elena and St. Tsar Constantine.
On the left side of the entrance to the sacristy, on the icons images - Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius.
All icons of the iconostasis were created by artist Mykhailo Nesterov.
On the left is the northern entrance to the cathedral. Above the entrance, on the wall of the transept on the north side, fragments of the painting "Trial of Pilate" - an exciting crowd of people demanding execution. Christ Some of the crowd rush to make their way to the judge's tribune, but the Roman soldiers standing on both sides of it, looking at the crowd with disdain, stop them.
Artist Pavlo Sviedomskyi in collaboration with Vilhelm Kotarbinskyi.
Іконостас у північній наві (лівій) собору.
При проектуванні в соборі планувалося зробити п'ять притворів (три внизу та два на хорах). Однак за візантійськими традиціями було вирішено, що у Володимирському соборі внизу буде один престол у середній наві, а в лівій — ризниця.
Ікони іконостасу зліва направо:
- святий Кирилл;
- святий Мефодій;
- свята цариця Єлена;
- святий цар Костянтин.
Усі ікони створені художником Михайлом Нестеровим.
Зліва північний вхід до собору. Над входом, на стіні трансепту з північноі сторони, фрагменти картини «Суд Пілата» - хвилюючий натовп народу, що вимагає страти. Христа. Деякі з натовпу пориваються пробратися на суддівську трибуну, але римські воїни, що стоять з обох її сторін, окидають натовп поглядом зневаги, зупиняють їх.
Художник Павло Свєдомський у співпраці з Вільгельмом Котарбінським.
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Execution Rocks Light is a lighthouse in the middle of Long Island Sound on the border between New Rochelle and Sands Point, New York. It stands 55 feet tall, with a white light flashing every 10 seconds
This is a view looking south-west along the north bank of the River Thames at high tide. The buildings, mostly refurbished old warehouses, mostly face onto Wapping Wall (those in the foreground) or Wapping High Street (those in the distance) on their inland side.
The Prospect of Whitby public house is the second building in the foreground behind the modern block of flats. Three individuals in blue, white and black shirts are visible on the pub's riverside terrace. Below and to the left of them in the image is a noose hanging from a post in the river. Some say that this was placed to commemorate Judge Jeffreys, a notorious 17th century judge who sentenced many river criminals to death. His nickname was “The Hanging Judge” as he showed little mercy. Others say that it marks the spot of Execution Dock. However, this is all a bit of historic license.
Execution Dock was more commonly known as King Henry's Wharf or Gun Wharf and is associated with a cannon foundry making guns for Henry VIII's navy. It later became the site for hanging marine criminals, sailors and pirates on the orders of the British Admiralty. That wharf is actually visible in the photo - it protrudes into the river on the very far left of shot some 575m beyond the pub, beyond all those gentrified warehouses.
I suspect Judge Jeffreys, or any other spectators on the pub's terrace, would have struggled to see anything of the wharf at the time of an execution, if only for all the activity in the warehouses and ships in between them...
The most famous death at the wharf was probably that of the infamous pirate, Captain Kidd, who was hanged at the dock in 1701. For maximum deterrent effect, the executions were usually carried out at low tide and three high tides were allowed to wash over the corpse before it was cut down and buried. The last such execution took place there as recently as 1830.
Wapping Beach would extend some 30m or so from the foot of the shoreline right into the distance at low tide.
An improved version of an earlier image.
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: Hurry up ! We lost the control of the Spaceport ! :
: A Rebel attack ? :
: Probably. Several squads do not answer, and multiple checkpoints were sabotaged. Whoever they're, they're organised. Enough chatter, let's move ! Oh shit ! :
: Blaster wounds. Did our guys did this ? :
: I don't know. Don't stand there, move ! :
: I've a bad feeling about this :
: I don't ca :
: Arghh !! :
: Shit ! [TB-421 down, unknown aggressor at 8th Street, Northern Sector] :
: Huhrr, my leg, fucker :
: Language ! Hey you around the corner, you better come out slowly. If you want TB-421 to live ! :
: Die ! Gahh ! :
: I said slowly . 421, could you stop trying to reach your blaster, please ? I don't want to shoot you right now :
: Did you killed those civilians ? :
: Yes. It slowed you down a bit :
: Then you need someone alive to tell the tale :
: And there's no one there beside you and me. A Stormtrooper who thinks outside the box ! Fine, you get to live :
: Wait whahh :
: Don't worry, it was set to stun. :
: [Blue-One to Red-One, what the hell is going out there ?] :
: [Well, it's a long story. Just get to the Spaceport. Clang is there with some of our new men and our new ship. They might need help though.] :
: [ What the hell are you talking about ? This was a recon mission ! There's smoke everywhere ! You better tell me righ ] :
: [ We're now officially Space Pirates. Very aggressive ones I must say. Just don't be late to the main event. Red-One out ] :
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Some of the reenactors of the Kings Men of the English Civil War Society leave Horseguards Parade at the end of the reenactment. Like so many others of the Society they'd had been taking part in the reenactment of the execution procession of King Charles 1st.
While many people have heard of the Malmedy massacre, it is not as well known that there were many other massacres of American prisoners by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. This is the Hotel du Moulin, and the memorial is to the right. Ligneuville is a town just south of Baugnez, where the Malmedy massacre took place. Malmedy and Baugnez are behind me up the road.
Please read the following story written by John Toland, who wrote a fantastic book on the Battle of the Bulge.
Written by John TOLAND
Saturday, 29 April 2006
The Brave Innkeeper of "The Bulge"
This article was printed in the Coronet Magazine in December 1959.
By using wit, courage and the choicest Cognac, Peter Rupp saved 14 Americans from certain murder by the Nazis.
On Sunday, the 17th December 1944 the day after the Battle of the Bulge erupted, war came roaring into the tiny Belgian town of Ligneuville. Hotel owner Peter Rupp, who had been an active member of the anti-Nazi underground, knew that the dangerous game he’d played during the years of German occupation was not over.
From a kitchen window of his Hotel du Moulin, Rupp could see the American stragglers being rounded up. Then he noticed a German Sergeant pistol in hand, marching eight prisoners into the yard. The sergeant shoved one of the prisoners out of line, and stepping close drew his pistol, Rupp gasped and started for the back door. From the back yard a shot sounded, another followed, Rupp shouted at a German Sergeant that American prisoners were being murdered, but the non-commissioned officer paid no attention. Despairing of getting help from the Germans, Rupp stated for the back door again. He had lost count of the shots, but they were continuing at brief intervals. The terrible thing was that no one cared. When he finally got to the door and stepped in the back yard. The German sergeant with the automatic pistol was advancing on a single still standing American. The American, who was not more that 18 or 19 years old twisted away and started to run, but the German seized him and forcing the barrel of his weapon into the youngster’s open mouth, he pulled the trigger. The last of the eight Americans fell stiffly among his comrades, who were already frozen in the grotesque postures of death.
Horrified, Rupp clung weakly to the doorjamb. Then the Nazi sergeant, his executions completed spun stiffly on his heel and marched briskly from the yard. This winter marks the 15th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, greatest and bloodiest ever fought by Americans. At 5 A.M. on December 16, 1944, Adolph Hitler launched his final great offensive, as 250.000 Germans spearheaded by 1.000 tanks and assault guns, smashed deep into the Ardennes, defended only by battle exhausted or green U.S. troops.
Before it was over, the Americans suffered 80.000 casualties, and Peter Rupp the 69-year-old innkeeper who’d been outraged by the needless slaughter of eight captured Americans, became one of the battle’s most unique and unsung heroes. His only weapons had been his wits, his courage and several cases of very good cognac.
Twenty-five miles behind the “Ghost Front,” the people of Ligneuville felt safe and secure on the Saturday evening of December 16. They had no idea the greatest offensive on the Western Front had been aimed in their direction all day. Neither did the men of the American 49th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade, bivouacked in the village.
The next morning as Rupp, his wife Balbina, their daughter Maria and her two children headed for church, a line of American tanks and trucks roared down the hill from Malmedy, six miles to the north. An hour later, as he and his family slowly filed home, the last armored vehicle passed, the clouds of dust settled, the gas fume dissipated. It was quiet again. Too quiet, thought, Rupp. His suspicions were confirmed when he heard a faint, distant rumble. It sound like thunder, but Rupp knew it was the storm of battle.
Panic in the village mounted as the 450 antiaircraft men hastily pulled out. Only a few Americans were left. These soldiers had arrived late the night before, driving the supply trucks of Combat Command B of the Ninth Armored Division.
Suddenly, a bulldozer roared down the hill from Baugnez at twice its safe speed. “German tanks!” shouted the driver to Captain Seymour Green who stood near the Hotel du Moulin. “Get the outfit ready to move”, Green called to first Sergeant Page Shenk, of Luray, Virginia. But as the first of Green’s service trucks started rolling southward out of the village, a powerful tank spearhead of the First SS Panzer Division, Hitler’s “Own,” roared down upon Ligneuville from the north. Its leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Jochen Peiper, who had sliced 25 miles into Belgium that morning, ordered his armored cars to wipe out the Americans.
The lone Sherman tank beside the Hotel du Moulin held the Germans back for a while, then an 88 scored a direct hit on the single American defender, and Peiper’s men raced through the town, destroying the last laggard trucks in Green’s column.
Soon the rest of Peiper’s Battle Group poured down the hill from Malmedy, a town whose name would soon he a synonym for massacre. Only moments before, almost 100 captured Americans standing helplessly in a field had been murdered by these young Nazi zealots. Incensed by the unexpected delay caused by the Sherman, the SS men impatiently dismounted from their tanks and armored cars and burst into the Hotel du Moulin. Once again the inn had changed flags.
Rupp’s tiny wife, Balbina, betrayed no outward emotion. She, being a Swiss, had little fear of the Germans. Their daughter, Maria, had even less fear, since 1930, she had been married to a German. Rupp himself was the bland host, an innkeeper learns to be an internationalist. But unknown to his neighbors, unknown even to his family, he was actually an ardent member of the secret Belgian White Army. During the first Nazi occupation the Hotel du Moulin had been a station in the Underground Railroad. Using the nom de guerre of “Monsieur Kramer” he hid Allied fliers in a vacant room and kept them until it was safe for them to pass on the next station. In all, 22 American, British, and French fliers owed their lives to “Monsieur Kramer”.
Since Rupp was an exceptionally generous host to these secret guests, his narrowest escape during the occupation had come the day the budget-minded Balbina threatened to call in the Gestapo to solve the mystery of constantly disappearing food. It took all of Rupp’s persuasion to call of the investigation without revealing he was the thief.
Rupp was still unsuspected when the American armies, sweeping across France in the fall of’44 liberated Ligneuville. Now the war had come back to the Hotel du Moulin and eight murdered American prisoners lay in the back yard. Rupp could not let such an atrocity go unchallenged. There were other American prisoners, and they, too, would be in danger.
While Rupp tried to protest the butchery, 14 more American prisoners were herded into the lobby; behind them was the same stocky SS sergeant who had killed the others. Rupp dropped his role of “Good German” and, reckless of his own safety ran up to the sergeant.
“Murderer!” he shouted. “You killed eight of them! I saw you put the pistol in their mouths”.
The sergeant punched Rupp in the jaw, knocking out two teeth.
“I know you mean to shoot these men, too” panted Rupp. “But you can’t! They’re prisoners”.
A staff officer approached. “Shoot them all,” he said angrily. “And shoot this noisy Belgian swine first!”
“Leave them alone, Sergeant.” A combat officer, wearing SS insignia, came out of the command post. He looked with distaste at the other officer. Then he said in a hard voice, “Sergeant, put these men in that room and treat them as you’d want the Amis to treat you.”
The 14 Americans were crowded into a room on the main floor. Their leader, Captain Green, found the temper of the Germans hard to gauge. Some treated him diffidently some casually others seemed ready to shoot at the first opportunity.
In the kitchen, Peter Rupp was worrying about “his 14 Sammies.” The Germans were in a dangerous mood if one thing went awry, the murdering might start again; it was a delicate situation requiring all the tact, diplomacy and firmness Rupp had learned as an innkeeper. Then an idea occurred to him. He had hundreds of bottles of the finest cognac and champagne in a secret wine cellar. He’d use them to keep the Boche happy. He crept down into the cellar, filledc his arms, with bottles and returned to the kitchen.
“Maria”, he told his daughter, “Give the guard a good cognac so I can talk to the prisoners.”
Without question she left the room. A moment later, Rupp went to the prisoner’s room and was admitted. He held out two bottles.
“Just a minute”, Green said suspiciously. “Are you Belgian or German?”
“Belgian, of course!”
A GI hid the bottles.
“Thanks for the cognac”, Green said, “but we’re hungry”.
Rupp left the room and returned with eight plates on a tray. On his way back with six more meals an angry SS officer stopped him.
“What’s the idea?”
“Well, you’re not feeding them, so I have to”.
Rupp’s wife Balbina had entered the hotel in time to hear the last exchange and like her native Switzerland, she was small in independent. “See here” she said, looking at the officer “I’m from the Swiss Red Cross I have orders to look after all prisoners, and they get that food!”
Rupp, his face beaming, hurried in to the prisoners while his wife continued haranguing the SS officer. The meals delivered, he then stood guard in the lobby surreptitiously handing out bottle after bottle of cognac to Germans, regardless of rank.
The atmosphere grew cordial then jovial. Midnight finally passed. But there was still no sleep at the Hotel du Moulin. The command post was in a constant turmoil as reinforcements from the east kept pouring into the village. Then a courier returned from Peiper’s spearhead now five miles deeper into Belgium. The news was electrifying at dawn a strike would be made all the way to the Meuse River. Excitement rose. As the perfect host, Peter Rupp made a trip after trip to the secret wine cellar the Germans drank toasts to the Fuehrer ate heartily, sang songs of the Homeland and completely forgot about the prisoners.
At 5 A.M. Balbina walked into the hotel. Now there was quit except for snores and the faint chatter of a radio in the command post. Peter Rupp stood in front of the prisoners’ door, a benevolent guard his head nodding from exhaustion “Now its your turn to look after the Americans” he told his wife. “I’m going to sleep a bit.”
The crisis had passed, his 14 Americans would live.
Several day later, on December 20, Captain Green and the others were moved to Germany and prison camp. Peter Rupp’s responsibility was over.Ligneuville soon became the center of battle again as Americans commanded by Field Marshall Montgomery, began to counter attack from the north and General Patton’s Third-Army drove up from the south. During an over powering artillery barrage, Rupp was seriously wounded. By January 20 the triumphant Americans had arrived and the innkeeper was taken to an Army Hospital in St Hubert.
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King Bart the Odiferous was royally upset that his well-planned wedding was so terribly interrupted. But there was a bright side to his misfortunes. In the pandemonium of the ruined ceremony, his soldiers had managed to capture a single forester outlaw! What luck! King Bart's favorite pastime was watching the executions, and he certainly wasn't going to miss this one. Unfortunately for the king, the rascally foresters don't take too kindly to their comrades being beheaded, and it seems as if they are about to foil his majesty's well-laid plans once again...
Ryan was kind enough to send Steven and I some of his new Executioner pieces, so obviously we had to build a cool scene with em! ;)
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Garfield has had a stay of execution. On the day before I was due to put him to sleep, I had a visit from his owner down the street. He advised me that it would mean a lot to his children to keep the cat alive. After speaking to my wife about the situation, we have now decided to keep Garfield and give him the medical attention and care that he badly needs. I will be getting him de-sexed in the next week or two to try and stop him getting into fights and then get him some other medical attention. 2:32pm, Sunday the 2nd of September, 2018.
Execution on Anoat | Dark Times RPG
“Many years ago during the Jedi Purge, Jedi Master Siuz Tregú led a group of clone troopers to the planet of Anoat. Orders were given to scout the dust ball and report any signs of life or movement from the Seps. That day however, was the day clones turned on the scum which were the Jedi and as we all know, they were taken out. Siuz, as the report says, was just the same. Another loose end.”
Here to show you a MOC me and Luca (luca_s_projects) worked on last weekend while I visited and attended DLA. This was built during some free time we had and did quite well. The MOC consists of the clones and Jedi as mentioned above, speeder design built by Luca and some terrain surrounded by a wall of bricks in DBG. Let us know what you think by commenting below. ~ Noah
LNER Class 91 91111 "For the Fallen" arrived at London Kings Cross on 1a25 1045 Leeds - London Kings Cross on 23/05/2021
The Petranaki arena, also known as the Arena of Justice and commonly referred to as the Geonosian execution arena, was brought about by both a need for entertainment in the rigid Geonosian society, and an efficient way of disposing of otherwise resource-draining prisoners. The most popular attractions used deadly beasts in combat, resulting in the extinction of some of the more crowd pleasing creatures on Geonosis.
More detailed pics available here.
Another diorama for the Lego Star Wars Modular Buildings/Locations.
After sitting all day waiting for a crew to become available after Christmas, CSX E803 heads through Walkerton just after midnight on the day after Christmas.
With various cells and holdings all across the globe, Aku Corp often find themselves dealing with municipal gangs, whose loyalty is questionable and ulterior motives unknown. Corruption runs deep within these groups, most notoriously inside the Black Lotus, an organization whose reign boasts a sizeable portion of downtown Tokyo. It's use of various businesses as launderers and fronts for black market deals has grown exponentially, catching the eye of local Aku officers.
According to inside sources, the Black Lotus were looking to expand their minature mafia empire, which could most certainly challenge the interests of Aku. Naturally, they sought to eliminate this thorn in their side before it grew into a bushel that could no longer be sheared so easily. The chaos of this new era is far too great to afford any avoidable losses, so therefore the bug is set be squashed under the boot of domination. Power must be asserted, or will otherwise be taken possession of.
With all the heads of the Black Lotus clan rounded up, a ray of eerie red sunlight peeks it's way through the morning smog. As the fog breaks and the sky is revealed, disheveled are each of the former crimelords, now mere shells of men. A small price to pay to avoid what could have been for the Aku Corporation. After all we must be cunning and ruthless in this cruel era; this new World In Darkness.
This is my entry into the world in darkness contest. The schoolyard depicted is that from a concept art piece of the movie Akira.