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A German soldier stands beside a gallows on which a Soviet partisan has been hanged.
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1941 A female doctor of a partisan detachment, hanged in Alushta during the German-Romanian occupation of Soviet Crimea.
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Mary's death mask is called the Jedburgh mask. She was first discovered in Peterborough, where she was originally buried before being moved to Westminster Abbey. It is currently on display at Mary Queen of Scots House in Jedburgh.
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Mary's death mask is called the Jedburgh mask. She was first discovered in Peterborough, where she was originally buried before being moved to Westminster Abbey. It is currently on display at Mary Queen of Scots House in Jedburgh.
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A Royal Marines officer holding the freshly chopped heads of a Chinese woman and man in Malaya. 1952
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Herta Kasparova was a Czech citizen who spoke both Czech and German. When the war was over, she was arrested for 'multiple crimes against humanity', specifically the deaths of the four young dissidents she fingered in 1945. She was sentenced to be hanged to death for her crimes in 1946, at the age of 23.
According to her execution documents, she was 'pole hanged' on the device pictured below. It measured 3 meters in length, 60 cm in width, and 5 cm in thickness. She was attached to the main pole by rope serving as a sort of webbing and made to stand on a makeshift plank. The noose was attached to the pole via a hook and was fed through an eyelet to the executioner who stood behind her. When the plank was removed, the executioner and his assistant pulled on the noose by hand, effectively strangling her against the pole.
According to her execution documents, she was 'pole hanged' on the device pictured below. It measured 3 meters in length, 60 cm in width, and 5 cm in thickness. She was attached to the main pole by rope serving as a sort of webbing and made to stand on a makeshift plank. The noose was attached to the pole via a hook and was fed through an eyelet to the executioner who stood behind her. When the plank was removed, the executioner and his assistant pulled on the noose by hand, effectively strangling her against the pole.
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