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The road of those who were shot.
The Rieme-Oostakker Place of Execution is the place in the Ghent district of Oostakker where 66 resistance fighters were executed by the Naxi occupation force between February 8, 1943 and August 24, 1944.
This memory is also kept alive the 20 resistance fighters who were killed on the execution site at Rieme . That site was destroyed in 1998 during the construction of the Kluizendok of Ghent Port.
The executions were carried out in secret and the victims were buried anonymously. Some of the resistance fighters killed in Rieme was found in a mass grave in Hechtel.
Moreover, there were German soldiers and Belgian criminals also shot. Because of these circumstances, it is still unclear how many people were killed. After the Liberation the mass grave was uncovered in Oostakker. The victims were identified and buried in their hometowns.
The crosses on the ground thus have a symbolic meaning. Nevertheless, the execution place is a cemetery since in 1952 the remains of 15 decapitated West Flemish political prisoners were moved here from their graves in Munich.
On the grounds is a railway carriage which carried hundreds of Belgians to concentration camps in Germany and Poland. In 1966 the execution place gained the status of a protected landscape.
...so far, and some of the birch tree leaves have already turned yellow. I found these birches next to the old execution rock in Jordbro.
The Rieme-Oostakker Place of Execution is the place in the Ghent district of Oostakker where 66 resistance fighters were executed by the Naxi occupation force between February 8, 1943 and August 24, 1944.
This memory is also kept alive the 20 resistance fighters who were killed on the execution site at Rieme . That site was destroyed in 1998 during the construction of the Kluizendok of Ghent Port.
The executions were carried out in secret and the victims were buried anonymously. Some of the resistance fighters killed in Rieme was found in a mass grave in Hechtel.
Moreover, there were German soldiers and Belgian criminals also shot. Because of these circumstances, it is still unclear how many people were killed. After the Liberation the mass grave was uncovered in Oostakker. The victims were identified and buried in their hometowns.
The crosses on the ground thus have a symbolic meaning. Nevertheless, the execution place is a cemetery since in 1952 the remains of 15 decapitated West Flemish political prisoners were moved here from their graves in Munich.
On the grounds is a railway carriage which carried hundreds of Belgians to concentration camps in Germany and Poland. In 1966 the execution place gained the status of a protected landscape.
Chapter 1, "The Execution" from, "A Night of Violence: The Houston Riot of 1917" by Robert V. Haynes, Copyright 1976. Book about the Camp Logan Riot/Mutiny of 1917 in Houston, Texas.
This letter was written to his wife the day of his execution, Nov 4, 1848. He was executed for revolutionary acts against the Prussians.
Translation:
My dear and good wife, fare well! Well for the time one calls eternity, but which will not be so. Bring up our, now only your children up to be noble, people, then they will never disgrace the father. Our small fortune sell with the help of our friends. The Lord and good people will help you. All i feel rains down with my tears, thereafter once more, Fare well beloved wife. Consider our child as a dear legacy with which you have to practice usury and so honor your true husband. Fare well, fare well! Thousand, thousand the last kisses from
your Robert
Vienna, Nov 4th 1848 in the morning
5 o'clock. at 6 o'clock
I'll have ended
I had forgotten the rings; I press my last kiss on the wedding ring. My signet ring is for Hans, the watch for Richard, the diamond button for Ida, the chain for Alfred as souvenirs. All the other souvenirs as you like. They are coming! Fare well, well
Genocido Aukų Muziejus
Museum of Genocide Victims
Комитет государственной безопасности
KGB Headquarters
Vilnius
Lietuva 2009
Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling.
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Judging by its depth below the high-tide mark, I would guess that this rarely-exposed jetty at Wapping Old Stairs is quite old. And Wapping Old Stairs is the historic site of Execution Dock, where pirates were taken to be chained until three tides had washed over them. Draw your own conclusions.
Dran - Public Execution.
Feb 5th - 21st.
35. Brewer Street, Soho, London.
Dran an artist from Toulouse is attempting to create an entire art show from scratch in full view of the public.