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In the original source there was listed no reason for this elaborate execution of this German prisoner, but it may
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In the original source there was listed no reason for this elaborate execution of this German prisoner, but it may
have been a spy, but that doesn't explain why he's in a uniform. It's a poignant photograph nonetheless, perhaps taken just moments before the trigger was pulled.
To accompany these photographs I'l recite the (somewhat relevant) poem "Atrocities" by British poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon: "You told me, in your drunken-boasting mood, How once you butchered prisoners. That was good! I'm sure you felt no pity as they stood, Patient and cowed and scared, as prisoners should.
How did you do them in? Come, don't be shy: You know I love to hear how Germans die, Downstairs in dug-outs. "Kamerad!" they cry, Then squeal like stoats when bombs begin to fly. And you? I know your record. You went sick when orders looked unwholesome: Then, with trick and lie You wangled home. And here you are, Still talking big and boozing in a bar."
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