RMWHA01A–WW2: French political prisoners lying on the floor.
RM2BW3F6K–Valencia convicts , not released by Amnesty , wreck Gaol in revenge . Infuriated by the refusal of the authorities to include them in the amnesty granted to political prisoners , convicts in the San Miguel de los Beyes Gaol at Valencia , Spain , suddenly mutinied . Overcoming the resistence of the prison guards , thy proceeded to wreck the building , to part of which they set fire . Photo shows , the wrecked galleries of the San Miguel de los Reyes Gaol at Valencia after the riots . 13 March 1934
RMWHAG11–The Serbsky Institute of Forensic Psychiatry at Kropotki Lane Moscow. The view is of the wing housing Section 4 ( the second storey from the top) where political prisoners are usually diagnosed for one to two months.
RMWHARBD–The main building of the KGB headquarters on Dzerzhinsky Square. The old portion of the structure on the left, once housed offices of the All Russian Insurance Company before the revolution. It was occupied by the first Soviet secret service the Cheka, under Dzerzhinsky in 1918. The notorious Lubyanka prison is inside this part of the building where on top a few prison observation points are visible. The addition to the building on the right was built by political prisoners and captured German soldiers after World War Two. The part of the building on the right is getting a fresh coat of paint
RMWH8N0K–Bonaparte pardoning the insurgents of Cairo, by Antoine-Jean Baron Gros. In reality he ordered the throats of all prisoners taken in arms to be cut and the beheaded corpses to be thrown into the Nile. Bulloz
RMWH8H5R–The Lander brothers (Richard and John), were captured and ransomed by Ibo river pirates in war canoes flying battle standards copied from European ships. John Lander (1807-1839) was the younger brother of Cornish explorer Richard Lemon Lander and accompanied him on his first expedition to western Africa. In 1830 the brothers went on an expedition to determine the course of the Niger River. The African Adventure - A History of Africa's Explorers by Timothy Severin, page 131.
RMWH8GPX–Heads of Rebels, was normal practice to display as a deterrent.
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