Artist/Photographer

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    Publisher

    R. Ringoet

    Date Published

    1915-1930

    Publishing Note

    This postcard contains an image of human remains, and the access copy has been redacted. If you would like to view the original image, please contact Digital Libraries & Publishing at lib_scp_dlp@vcu.edu.

    Postcard Text

    Rammler, soldat allemand, fusillé (sans jugement) en même temps que Baucq et Miss Cavell, pour avoir refusé de tirer sur cette infermière. Son cercueil fut retrouvé entre ces deux patriotes. Rammler, Duitsch soldaat, terzelfdertijd doodgeschoten (zonder proces) als Baucq en Miss Cavell om geweigerd te hebben te schieten op deze ziekenverpleegster. Zijne zerk werd teruggevonden tusschen deze twee patrioten. Rammler, a German soldier, shot (without trial) at the same time as Baucq and Miss Cavell, for refusing to fire on this nurse. His coffin was found between these two patriots.

    Personal Name Subject

    Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Death and burial

    Topical Subject

    Firing squads (Execution) -- Belgium -- Brussels; World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities -- Belgium; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women; Nurses -- England; Nurses -- Belgium

    Geographic Subject

    Brussels (Belgium)

    Medical Subject

    Nurses -- Belgium; Nurses -- Great Britain; Prisoners -- Belgium; Capital Punishment -- Belgium; World War I -- Belgium

    City/Country Location

    Brussels (Belgium)

    Original Item Medium

    postcards

    Original Item Size

    14 x 9 cm.

    Genre

    postcards

    Local Genre

    postcard

    Type

    Still Image; Text

    Digital Format

    image/jpg

    Language

    eng; fre; dut

    Rights

    The copyright and related rights status of this material is unknown. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

    Collection

    Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection

    Source

    Original postcard: Body of Rammler, Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection, Accession Number 2016-02-01, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

    File Name

    kay_015a_redacted.jpg

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