Category: Executions

• Haunting Mugshots: Criminal Faces of the 1900s

  

  The early 20th century was a pivotal moment in the history of criminal justice, marked by the widespread adoption of “scientific” methods of identification and documentation. At the heart of this revolution was the mugshot. Far from being mere photographs, these stark, standardized portraits were the culmination of a movement to professionalize policing and create…

  December 30, 2025

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• Screams in Silence: The Rape of Nanking and the World’s Indifference

  

  June 10, 2025

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• Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944.

  

  Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944. With German forces withdrawing in France, and Paris on the cusp of liberation, the Nazis continue their brutal treatment of the civilian population. On August 24, 1944, the village of Buchères (10800) near Troyes was to experience a day of horror. The previous evening, FFI fighters set up a…

  August 25, 2024

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• Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky and a group of seven other senior officers from the Soviet High Command were found guilty and executed at a show trial. They were accused of coordinating a German-funded military plot inside the Red Army. June 12, 1937.

  June 12, 2024

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• The Le Paradis Massacre occurred when Germany’s SS Death’s Head Division savagely murdered 97 members of the Royal Norfolk Regiment after they flew the white flag after running out of ammunition in the French village of Le Paradis. May 27, 1940.

  May 27, 2024

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