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After living out their days in Rondout on the CP, the Highliners have finally been moved to Burr Oak Yard, just before they will be scrapped for good.
Inmates breaking the rules were hanged here. Their hand were tied together at their back, and they were hanged with the back at the pole.
Block D used to house the inmates sentenced to death row and the execution chamber is slated to be in this wing.
Last weekend we made a trip down to the Pudu Prison in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. The 115 year old prison is to be demolished to make way for an urban redevelopment project. This is an attempt to document the untold stories behind the walls that have imprisoned the notorious criminals including the infamous Botak Chin.
Seeing the insides of the famous prison, I could feel a vast array of emotions. The atmosphere within these walls breathes trails of regrets, repentance, anger, sadness, loneliness, love etc.
May the lost souls of Pudu Prison rest in peace. Al Fatihah.
Ilford HP5+ at EI1600, HC110 (1:100) semi stand development for 80 mins with full agitation for first 1 minute and gentle inversions at 30th and 60th minute.
Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam The Netherlands – Architects: Brinkman and Van der Vlugt – masterplan 1914 – 1923; design 1923 – 1925; execution 1925 - 1931
The Van Nelle Factory is one of the highlights of the Modern Movement in the Netherlands. The impressive glass building is not only an example of functionalism and rational production, but also improved working conditions for workers in the twentieth century. The restored building is now one of the most important monuments of Rotterdam
The Firm Van Nelle was selling coffee, tea, tobacco and snuff in Rotterdam since 1782. The entirely new complex consists of the actual factory building, an office building, a warehouse, expedition and storage depots along the canal, a boiler house and several workshops. A cafeteria and sports fields were also to be found in the area. The factory building consists of three elongated in height sloping parts separated by stairwells. Tobacco has eight, coffee five and tea factory three floors. The staircases house the washing and changing facilities, toilets and lifts, separated for men and women. This allowed for continues factory floors and easily adjustable layouts. By using a concrete frame the non-load bearing facades could be made almost entirely of glass with only thin steel frames. Light and air could penetrate deep into the building. The expedition and storage strip along the water is connected to the main building by overhead conveyor bridges. Another sky bridge connects the plant to the office at the entrance of the complex. The office consists of a strip with two layers of offices and a large open space with glass walls and glass meeting rooms. The office follows the curve in the road. During construction, a tea room on the roof of the tobacco factory was added.
In 1942, low-rise warehouses designed by Brinkman and Van den Broek were realized. In 1974 at the back of the building, a new distribution centre was built. In 1951 other products such as pudding and chewing gum made their entrance. After a takeover by the American Standard Brands in 1989, Van Nelle competitor Sara Lee / Douwe Egberts, sold the complex in 1995, so it could finally get the status of national monument. Using the name Van Nelle Design Factory, the complex started a new life. The factory complex was restored by Wessel de Jonge and Claessens Erdmann. The transparency of the factory floor was maintained as much as possible by the new climate walls on the inside. The new inner facades are made of aluminium and therefore clearly identifiable as new elements. On the floors office spaces of various sizes have been realized for the creative sector. The ground floor is used for exhibitions and conferences. The adjacent buildings have been restored and are used by a number of architectural firms.
The Execution Trench (indicated by the red arrow) is in a part of the Sachsenhausen camp supposedly nick-named "Station Z" by the SS, as it was the "final stop." More on Station Z, along with a comparison of how this part of the memorial has changed since 1999 can be seen on the highly authoritative scrapbookpages.
The pamphlet/map I brought in the visitor centre says: "In this trench, resistance fighters, conscientious objectors and people sentenced by the Nazis were executed."
This bell was rung outside the condemned cell at Newgate by the Bellman of St Sepulchre at midnight on the eve of an execution.
They had to make their own entertainment in them days!
Behind Rawlings' latest executions - Ojukwu released - PNDC drug charges
Talking Drums - October 8, 1984 issue
Never forget - be watchful!
Consecration site (former execution chamber)
Memorial plaques with names of 536 executed
The following names of the on the plaques under the heading "They died for freedom of Austria" cited victims - ident or corrected - are complemented with date of birth, occupation, date of execution and grave address. These indicates, unless stated otherwise, row and grave in the shaft graves complex of group 40 of the Vienna Central Cemetery. The vast majority of the executed were convicted "for preparing a high treason". For those who have been convicted of another offense, this one is indicated.
The data are based on the following sources:
The guillotined. List of names by the guillotine in Vienna Regional Court of the Nazi executioners murdered Edit.: Communist Party of Austria, Vienna undated.
Sentenced to death. Edit.: Federal Association of Austrian Resistance Fighters and Victims of Fascism (Concentration Camp Association), Vienna undated.
List of people executed, Vienna undated (presumably created by Regional Court Vienna and 1964 under the archive signing DOeW 1512 recorded).
Database of Municipal Department 43 - Urban cemeteries.
The Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance intends to issue a documentation that provides information on the Regional Court of Vienna under Nazi rule, includes biographies of those executed and depicts the origin of the consecration site.
Weihestätte (ehemaliger Hinrichtungsraum)
Gedenktafeln mit Namen von 536 Hingerichteten
Die folgenden Namen der auf den Tafeln unter dem Titel „Sie starben für Österreichs Freiheit“ angeführten Opfer — ident bzw. richtiggestellt — sind ergänzt mit Geburtsdatum, Beruf, Datum der Hinrichtung und Grabadresse. Diese gibt, wenn nicht anders ausgewiesen, Reihe und Grab in der Schachtgräberanlage der Gruppe 40 des Wiener Zentralfriedhofes an. Die überwiegende Mehrzahl der Hingerichteten wurde wegen „Vorbereitung zum Hochverrat“ verurteilt. Bei jenen, die wegen eines anderen Delikts verurteilt wurden, ist dieses angegeben.
Die Daten stützen sich auf folgende Quellen:
Die Guillotinierten. Namensliste der durch das Fallbeil im Wiener Landesgericht durch die Nazihenker Ermordeten. Hrsg.: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, Wien o. J.
Zum Tode verurteilt. Hrsg.: Bundesverband Österreichischer Widerstandskämpfer und Opfer des Faschismus (KZ-Verband), Wien o. J.
Liste der Hingerichteten, Wien o. J. (erstellt vermutlich vom LG Wien und 1964 unter der Archiv-Signatur DÖW 1512 aufgenommen).
Datenbank der Magistratsabteilung 43 – Städtische Friedhöfe.
Das Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes beabsichtigt, eine Dokumentation herauszugeben, die über das Landesgericht Wien unter der NS-Herrschaft informiert, Kurzbiographien der Hingerichteten beinhaltet und die Entstehung der Weihestätte darstellt.
www.nachkriegsjustiz.at/vgew/1080_landesgerichtweihestaet...
The Registan (Uzbek: Регистон, Registon) was the heart of the city of Samarkand of the Timurid Empire, now in Uzbekistan. The name Rēgistan (ریگستان) means "sandy place" or "desert" in Persian.
The Registan was a public square, where people gathered to hear royal proclamations, heralded by blasts on enormous copper pipes called dzharchis — and a place of public executions. It is framed by three madrasahs (Islamic schools) of distinctive Persian architecture. The square was regarded as the hub of the Timurid Renaissance.
The three madrasahs of the Registan are the Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420), the Sher-Dor Madrasah (1619–1636), and the Tilya-Kori Madrasah (1646–1660). Madrasah is an Arabic term meaning school.
Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420)
The Ulugh Beg Madrasah, built by Ulugh Beg during the Timurid Empire era of Timur, has an imposing iwan with a lancet-arch pishtaq or portal facing the square. The corners are flanked by high minarets. The mosaic panel over the iwan's entrance arch is decorated by geometrical stylized ornaments. The square courtyard includes a mosque and lecture rooms, and is fringed by the dormitory cells in which students lived. There are deep galleries along the axes. Originally the Ulugh Beg Madrasah was a two-storied building with four domed darskhonas (lecture rooms) at the corners.
The Ulugh Beg Madrasah (Persian: مدرسه الغ بیگ) was one of the best clergy universities of the Muslim Orient in the 15th century CE. Abdul-Rahman Jami, the great Persian poet, scholar, mystic, scientist and philosopher studied at the madrasah. Ulugh Beg himself gave lectures there. During Ulugh Beg's government the madrasah was a centre of learning.
Sher-Dor Madrasah (1619–1636)
In the 17th century Uzbek ruler of Samarkand, Yalangtoʻsh Bakhodir, ordered the construction of the Sher-Dor (Persian: شیردار) and Tillya-Kori (Persian: طلاکاری) madrasahs. The tiger mosaics with a rising sun on their back are especially interesting for their depiction of living beings and use of Turko-Persian motifs. The name of the madrasah comes from the patterns on the portal of the building as the word "Sher" means tiger.
Tilya-Kori Madrasah (1646–1660)
Ten years later the Tilya-Kori (Persian: طلاکاری, meaning "Gilded") Madrasah was built. It was not only a residential college for students, but also played the role of grand masjid (mosque). It has a two-storied main facade and a vast courtyard fringed by dormitory cells, with four galleries along the axes. The mosque building (see picture) is situated in the western section of the courtyard. The main hall of the mosque is abundantly gilded.
Mausoleum of Shaybanids
To the east of the Tilya-Kori Madrasah, the mausoleum of Shaybanids (16th century) is located (see picture). The real founder of Shaybanid power was Muhammad Shaybani—grandson of Abu'l-Khayr Khan. In 1500, with the backing of the Chaghataite Khanate, then based in Tashkent, Muhammad Shaybani conquered Samarkand and Bukhara from their last Timurid rulers. The founder of the dynasty then turned on his benefactors and in 1503 took old Tashkent. He captured Khiva in 1506 and in 1507 he swooped down on Merv (Turkmenistan), eastern Persia, and western Afghanistan. The Shaybanids stopped the advance of the Safavids, who in 1502 had defeated the Akkoyunlu (Azerbaijan). Muhammad Shaybani was a leader of nomadic Uzbek tribes. During the ensuing years they substantially settled down in oases of the Central Asia, Caspian shore, Tian Shan valleys, Russian steeps and Indostan . The one of the last and vast Uzbek invasion of the 15th century CE was the large component of today's Uzbek nation ethnogeny.
Chorsu trading dome
The trading dome Chorsu (1785) is situated right behind the Sher-Dor. Chorsu located at southeast of the Registan at the intersection of the cross-roads connecting Samarkand, Tashkent, Bukhara, and Shahrisabz. Chorsu is a word of Persian origin meaning "crossing roads," referring to this famous intersection of busy roadways. The building is old. It has a rather rich centuries-old history. At the moment, it is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List along with the rest of the historical part of the glorious city.
Chorsu was originally a bazaar constructed in the 15th century but was rebuilt in the 18th century, becoming a hat market. The current building was built during the reign of Amir Shahmurad, in 1785. Today, the bazaar which was previously located at Chorsu is nowadays the Siyob Bazaar near the Bibi-Khanym Mosque.
In 2005, ownership of Chorsu was transferred to the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan. While renovating the building, three meters of dirt were removed from the building revealing the original base construction. Chorsu now serves as an art gallery which offers the work of artists both contemporary and historical. The art of in the Chorsu gallery displays the arts, culture, history, and diversity of the multi-national Uzbek people.
Execution Rocks Lighthouse in Long Island Sound in New York - © 2016 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions photography archives - ww.performanceimpressions.com
Many of those incarcerated within the Tower of London over the centuries would be executed, the majority in public spectacles held outside the Tower’s walls, on nearby Tower Hill.
However, as a privilege of rank, two Queens consort and five other nobles were executed in private within the Tower itself: William, Lord Hastings in 1483; Anne Boleyn in 1536; Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury in 1541; Catherine Howard and her lady-in-waiting Jane, Viscountess Rochford, in 1542; Lady Jane Grey in 1554; and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex in 1601.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, some of the many ghosts reputed to haunt the Tower of London are of individuals who were “untopped” here, on Tower Green.
In 2006 the sculpture of a glass pillow, indented as if an invisible head rests upon it, was placed on the site in commemoration.
For further details, see my Haunted London (The History Press, 2007).
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An exotic invasive from Europe called a balsam woolly adelgid has destroyed 95% of the Fraser firs in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. The sadness in the sight of this ghost forest brought these lyrics to mind....
"Oh god come quickly, the execution of all things.
Let's start with the bears and the air and mountains, rivers, and streams.
Then we'll murder what matters to you and move on to your neighbors and kids.
Crush all hopes of happiness with disease cause of what you did.
And lastly, you're all alone with nothing left but sleep.
But sleep never comes to you, it's just the guilt and forever wakefulness of
the weak.
It's just you and me.
The execution of all things."- Rilo Kiley