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RM2K02JG8–October 1941. One of the first public executions in the German occupied territories of USSR. In Minsk, on the arch of a yeast factory, volunteers of the 2nd Lithuanian battalion of the police auxiliary service under the command of Major Impulevicius hanged 12 Soviet resistance workers who helped the wounded Red Army soldiers escape from captivity. The photograph show Kirill Trus being executed.
RMW819GX–The Circus Maximus was an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine Hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and a venue for Ludi, or public games, featuring religious ceremonies, feasts, horse and chariot racing, athletics, plays, recitals, gladiator fights and occasional public executions. Most were held at annual intervals on the Roman calendar. Others to fulfill a religious vow, such as the games in celebration of a triumph, like Julius Caesar's over Pompey.
RMTA2DF6–Illustration of the English caricaturist James Gillray on the French Revolution in 1793. In the foreground there is a Republican (sans-culotte), who plays the violin at the execution of the priests. In the background, a hanged judge between a sword and scales. At left, the scene of an execution by guillotine.
RM2K038PF–The oprichnina was a state policy implemented by Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Russia between 1565 and 1572. The policy included mass repression of the boyars (Russian aristocrats), including public executions and confiscation of their land and property.
RM2A5YW07–Emily Sparkes 'Someone scrawled on the walls 'I smell the blood of the les Tricoteuses', 2015 Oil on canvas. 'les Tricoteuses', meaning knitting women, refers to a group of women who used to sit and watch public executions carried out by guillotine during the French Revolution
RMG5A288–The so-called 'chop, chop' square in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where public executions take place. The Prince of Wales has discussed the plight of three britons who potentially face execution, during talks with Prince Khalid. * ...and HRH Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. Prince Charles is in Riyadh, on the second day of a three day visit to Saudi Arabia.
RMKWB847–Public hanging of a Serbian martyr in a public square in Belgrade. The victim might one of the partisans who resisted the Fascist client regime. Ca. 1941-45, Yugoslavia, during World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 10 56)
RMT9544K–Bas-relief of execution by elephant at Preah Khan (Royal Sword) a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century. Execution by elephant was a common method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, particularly in India, where Asian elephants were used to crush, dismember, or torture captives in public executions. The animals were trained and versatile, able to kill victims immediately or to torture them slowly over a prolonged period.
RF2BAG8NH–Public executions and torture of Streltsy infantry troops hung around Novodevichy Convent in Moskow, year 1699
RMP7DJ6B–John Gale, or Dumb Jack, deaf and dumb idiot. Known for wearing his hat at a rakish angle, smoking a tobacco pipe, and enjoying public executions at Tyburn. Engraving from James Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, London, 1819.
RM2A82F7W–John Gale, or Dumb Jack, deaf and dumb idiot. Known for wearing his hat at a rakish angle, smoking a tobacco pipe, and enjoying public executions at Tyburn. Engraving from James Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, London, 1819.
RM2C5WBFX–An old engraving showing a burning at the stake in the Middle Ages - the 'Windsor Martyrs' at Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK in 1543. In England, burning was a legal punishment inflicted on women found guilty of high treason, petty treason and heresy. Over a period of several centuries, female convicts were publicly burnt at the stake, sometimes alive, for a range of activities. While men guilty of heresy (as in this engraving) were also burned at the stake, those who committed high treason were instead hanged, drawn and quartered. Public executions were well-attended events.
RMM4W53T–Tricoteuse, 1793, market women who knitted while attending public executions during the French revolution. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852.
RF2JJPECN–PUB AT THE GRASSMARKET , EDINBURGH,SCOTLAND THE SCENE OF PUBLIC EXECUTIONS PIC MIKE WALKER, 2006
RMF1KY84–A 19th Century view of the River Seine, Place de la Concorde and Montmatre, From the Chamber of Deputies, Paris, France. The Place de la Concorde is the largest square in the French capital and located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. It was the site of many notable public executions, including the execution of King Louis XVI, during the French Revolution.
RMF1M0BN–A 19th century view of the Place de la Concorde and River Seine, Paris, France. The Place de la Concorde is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. It was the site of many notable public executions, including the executions of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in the course of the French Revolution, during which the square was temporarily renamed Place de la Révolution.
RMFW9R9N–Plaque commemorating the site of the Tyburn Hanging Tree at Marble Arch in London, England, U.K.
RMERFT46–Meeting of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror in France, c. 1794. Under the supervision of this committee the Jacobins centralized denunciations, trials, and executions.
RMHP1PBF–Madrid, Spain. 16th Feb, 2017. View of a typical store at the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, 16 February 2017. The square used to host public executions and bullfights, nowadays it is known for its cafés and shops. The square celebrates its 400th birthday. Credit: dpa/Alamy Live News
RFWE30HD–Young man protesting against the Mob lynching by holding Placard showing of Stop Mob Lynching on isolated background.
RM2BT5251–Tricoteuse, 1793, market women who knitted while attending public executions during the French revolution. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852.
RM2KAY2GX–The Naim roundabout in Raqqa / Syria was abused as a place for the capital and public executions by the so-called 'Islamic State'. In the background you can see the ruins that characterize Raqqa's cityscape today after the liberation. (Photo by Sebastian Backhaus/NurPhoto)
RMH8RC6G–Rome, Italy. 16th Nov, 2016. Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi attends a press preview of the ancient Circus Maximus archaeological site after its restoration and its opening to the public, on November 16, 2016 in Rome. Since Royal Roman Age, any kind of public events have taken place at Circus Maximus : horses races, hunting with exotic animals, theatrical performances, public executions, religious or triumphal processions. Credit: Andrea Ronchini/Alamy Live News
RMDFN8BR–The market at Place Maubert in the Latin Quarter (5th arrondissement) of Paris was once a site of public executions
RM2A523KT–Scepter, late 1800s-early 1900s. Used by male chiefs, ivory scepters were both symbols of status that indicated worldly authority and religious emblems that suggested supernatural influence. In Yombe society until the early 1900s, the aggressive side of a chief’s authority was dramatized in spectacular public executions. These scepters depict a chief enthroned on the bound body of a criminal destined for such a death. The use of ivory implies that the chief has the fatal power of an elephant. His hairstyle most likely derives from that worn by Portuguese sailors, and he chews a bitter r
RMEBWTFH–public court hearing and executions, 15th century, öffentliche Gerichtsverhandlung und Hinrichtungen im 15. Jahrhundert
RM2H01T9M–Eugène Weidmann was the last person to be publicly executed by guillotine on the 17 June 1939
RM2DANAKE–A clergyman (Reverend M Whitfield) preaching near the gibbets on Kinnington (Kennington) Common in 1748, otherwise known as The Surrey Gallows. It was the South London equivalent of Tyburn. The area was common land mainly within the London Borough of Lambeth. As well as executions, it was one of the earliest venues for cricket The common was also used for fairs and other public events
RMD993WB–The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome, Italy. construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus. Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles
RMHP1PBM–Madrid, Spain. 16th Feb, 2017. View of the entrance of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, 16 February 2017. The square used to host public executions and bullfights, nowadays it is known for its cafés and shops. The square celebrates its 400th birthday. Photo: Carola Frentzen/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMF2B4BN–Truck with several protest signs five days prior to the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti. Signs read, '5 MORE DAYS TO LIVE, PROTEST PROTEST, SACCO & VANZETTI, MASS MEETING, At the public Square Tonight; Life & Freedom for Sacco & Vanzetti. August 1927. - (CSU 2015 5 110)
RMPX9B42–London, England, UK. 20 October, 2018. Stop executions in Iran protest in Whitehall, London, UK © Jansos / Alamy Live News.
RM2TDJBH4–02/28/1921. Dublin (Ireland). The Executions of 'Sinn-Feiners'. 1.- demonstration of 3,000 Women to protest against the Sentences. 2.- Public Prayers at the Prison Gates. Credit: Album / Archivo ABC / Vidal
RMH8RC6N–Rome, Italy. 16th Nov, 2016. Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi attends a press preview of the ancient Circus Maximus archaeological site after its restoration and its opening to the public, on November 16, 2016 in Rome. Since Royal Roman Age, any kind of public events have taken place at Circus Maximus : horses races, hunting with exotic animals, theatrical performances, public executions, religious or triumphal processions. Credit: Andrea Ronchini/Alamy Live News
RM2K699FR–EDITORIAL USE ONLY A private view of the Executions exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, opening Friday 14 October, exploring London's 700 year history of public punishment. Picture date: Wednesday October 12, 2022.
RM2CH77HE–Engraving of the Grosse ring, site of protestant martyrdoms in Prague, Czechoslovakia during the Reformation, illustration from 'The history of Protestantism' by James Aitken Wylie (1808-1890), pub. 1878
RMH8WJN2–Rome, Italy. 16th Nov, 2016. Rome 16 Nivember 2016, Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi attends a press preview of the ancient Circus Maximus archaeological site after its restoration and its opening to the public, on November 16, 2016 in Rome. Since Royal Roman Age, any kind of public events have taken place at Circus Maximus : horses races, hunting with exotic animals, theatrical performances, public executions, religious or triumphal processions. the pictured Virginia Raggi © Andrea Ronchini/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News
RFT62NGP–Evening, colorful view at dusk of the Place De La Concorde during the spring in Paris, France.
RM2DANAXJ–A late 17th century engraving of a hanging taking place on a 'Triple Tree' gibbet in England ('Tyburn Tree')
RM2WD7PB5–Public execution. Facsimile of an engraving in 'Praxis Criminalis Persequendi', by Johannes Millaeus, published in Paris in 1541. 'Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance', by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.
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RMF1KYG5–19th Century view of the ruins of the Colosseum, the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built. It was completed in AD 80 under his successor and heir, Titus (r. 79–81) and used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Roman mythology. It is now substantially ruined because of earthquakes and stone-robbers (for spolia).
RMD9947C–The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome, Italy. construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus. Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles
RMHP1PBK–Madrid, Spain. 16th Feb, 2017. View of the arcades at the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, 16 February 2017. The square used to host public executions and bullfights, nowadays it is known for its cafés and shops. The square celebrates its 400th birthday. Photo: Carola Frentzen/dpa/Alamy Live News
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RM2GNKKJ7–26 September 2021, Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Uzbeks walk at the historical landmark of Registan in Samarkand. The Registan was a public square and center of ancient Samarkand during the Timurid Empire, used for royal proclamations, heralded by blasts on enormous copper pipes and public executions. Photo: Oliver Weiken/dpa
RFWE3DNC–Young man protesting against the Mob lynching by holding Placard showing of Stop Mob Lynching on isolated background.
RMHP1PBD–Madrid, Spain. 16th Feb, 2017. View of the Casa de la Panaderia at the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, 16 February 2017. The square used to host public executions and bullfights, nowadays it is known for its cafés and shops. The square celebrates its 400th birthday. Credit: dpa/Alamy Live News
RMPX9B3E–London, England, UK. 20 October 2018. Stop executions in Iran protest in Whitehall, London, UK © Jansos / Alamy Live News.
RM2TDJ7HJ–02/28/1921. Dublin (Ireland). The Executions of 'Sinn-Feiners'. 1.- demonstration of 3,000 Women to protest against the Sentences. 2.- Public Prayers at the Prison Gates. Credit: Album / Archivo ABC / Vidal
RMH8RC6A–Rome, Italy. 16th Nov, 2016. Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi attends a press preview of the ancient Circus Maximus archaeological site after its restoration and its opening to the public, on November 16, 2016 in Rome. Since Royal Roman Age, any kind of public events have taken place at Circus Maximus : horses races, hunting with exotic animals, theatrical performances, public executions, religious or triumphal processions. Credit: Andrea Ronchini/Alamy Live News
RM2K699M6–EDITORIAL USE ONLY A private view of the Executions exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, opening Friday 14 October, exploring London's 700 year history of public punishment. Picture date: Wednesday October 12, 2022.
RMEG6P39–Public hanging of a Serbian martyr in a public square in Belgrade. The victim might one of the partisans who resisted the
RMD6GPJ8–Federal Public Prosecutor Christian Monka (FRONT) is pictured at the Higher Regional Court in Schleswig, Germanym, 22 February 2012. A 20 year old from Neumuenster is on trial for supporting a terrorist group. The man is accused of uploading videos of executions, amongst other things. Photo: CARSTEN REHDER (ATTENTION - The accused was only admitted into the court room after the ph
RM2M40JTM–London, UK. 17th December, 2022. Protesters assembled in Westminster to highlight the situation in Iran after two executions were carried out by the clerical government, with two more people at imminent risk. A further 25 others received death sentences after being charged and convicted of offences connected to public protest, according to Amnesty International. It is estimated 18,000 have been arrested since the death of a young Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini three months ago in police custody sparked off mass protest. Credit: Eleventh Hour Photography/Alamy Live News
RM2APB59M–Liberation festivities: Amsterdam Description: Visitors to the memorial ceremony for shot Dutch people in the Weteringsplantsoen walk past laid flowers and wreaths Date: May 1945 Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Keywords: flowers, executions, landscaping, commemorations, public, resistance fighters
RM2B3R26X–Austin, Texas USA, June 19 2000: Texas Department of Public Safety troopers guard the rear entrance to the Governor's Mansion, home of presidential candidate George W. Bush, Monday following an anti-death penalty protest that resulted in the arrest of more than 20 demonstrators. The protesters, blocking the driveway, were calling for a moratorium on all executions in Texas. ©Bob Daemmrich
RM2CHJWND–1922 photograph - Irish Nationalism. - The burning & destruction of the 4 Courts building leading to serious riots in Dublin - The Battle of Dublin - On 22 June 1922 in an attempt to dislodge Anti-Treaty forces holed up in the Four Courts, salvos were launched by Free State troops into the area housing Anti-Treaty munitions causing a fire that destroyed the buildings (including its content of important Irish historical records held in the Public Records Office).Four of the Republican leaders captured in the Courts,Rory O'Connor, Liam Mellows, Joe McKelvey and Richard Barrett—were executed.
RM2HC8TM9–The execution of King Louis the Sixteenth on the 21st January 1793 at the start of the wave of executions during the French Revolution.
RMD9940F–The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome, Italy. construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus. Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles
RM2AJMN7T–Punch . The House of Lords, by 75 to 25, decreed theabolition of Public Executions. The House of Commons spent a few uninteresting hours,the only exceptional portion being that which was devotedto a series of tributes to the late Josepe Hume, and to theacceptance of a bust of that valuable statesman whichMrs. Hume offers for the Library of the House. After theeloquent eulogium delivered by Mr. Gladstone, a strangerwould wonder that it was left to the widow of a man sopraised to present a memorial which it might be supposedthe House would have provided for itself. This day, Posterity, Prussia b
RM2K06YWE–Detail of Place de la Concorde, Major public square, scene of executions, decorated with statues & an Egyptian obelisk at sunset, Paris, France
RMPPGDD0–A newspaper account from the time of the public execution of Luddites in Leicester (Joshua Mitchell,john Crowder,john Amos,William Towle,William Withers,Thomas Savidge,Thomas Beavington) -17th April 1817
RMT965BJ–Titus Oates (September 15, 1649 - July 12/13, 1705) was an English perjurer who fabricated the Popish Plot a fictitious conspiracy concocted between 1678-81 that gripped the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria. Oates alleged that there existed an extensive Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II, accusations that led to the executions of at least 22 men. His web of accusations soon unravelled. He was arrested for sedition, sentenced to a fine and thrown into prison.
RMHP1PBJ–Madrid, Spain. 16th Feb, 2017. View of a typical store at the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, 16 February 2017. The square used to host public executions and bullfights, nowadays it is known for its cafés and shops. The square celebrates its 400th birthday. Photo: Carola Frentzen/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMPX9B2D–London, England, UK. 20 October, 2018. Stop executions in Iran protest in Whitehall, London, UK © Jansos / Alamy Live News.
RMRJCJPB–Last public hanging at Newgate, of Michael Barrett, in public outside Newgate Prison on the 26 May 1868.
RM2WG94XN–Executions of Edelen in Brussels, 1568, 1697 - 1699 print Executions of nobles by order of the Duke of Alva, in Brussels, 1568. Seen from the public for the scaffold. Northern Netherlands paper etching violent death by beheading. on the scaffold or place of execution Brussels
RMH8RC6Y–Rome, Italy. 16th Nov, 2016. Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi attends a press preview of the ancient Circus Maximus archaeological site after its restoration and its opening to the public, on November 16, 2016 in Rome. Since Royal Roman Age, any kind of public events have taken place at Circus Maximus : horses races, hunting with exotic animals, theatrical performances, public executions, religious or triumphal processions. Credit: Andrea Ronchini/Alamy Live News
RM2K699MF–EDITORIAL USE ONLY A private view of the Executions exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, opening Friday 14 October, exploring London's 700 year history of public punishment. Picture date: Wednesday October 12, 2022.
RMCWBT7M–The lynching of Jesse Washington is remembered as the 'Waco Horror,' for its brutality, long duration, and large public
RM2M40JT5–London, UK. 17th December, 2022. Protesters assembled in Westminster to highlight the situation in Iran after two executions were carried out by the clerical government, with two more people at imminent risk. A further 25 others received death sentences after being charged and convicted of offences connected to public protest, according to Amnesty International. It is estimated 18,000 have been arrested since the death of a young Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini three months ago in police custody sparked off mass protest. Credit: Eleventh Hour Photography/Alamy Live News
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