Text only poster annoucing the execution of French hostages by the German occupation authorities

Identifier
irn513597
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.189.7
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 30.250 inches (76.835 cm) | Width: 43.500 inches (110.49 cm)

Archival History

The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

Broadside on yellow paper announcing that 50 hostages have been executed and that more will be executed if those guilty of the crime have not been found by midnight on Ocotber 26, 1941. The Germans executed the hostages in retaliation for the assassination of a local German military commander, Hotz, on October 20, 1941, in Nantes, France, by resistance fighters. A reward of 15,000 francs was offered for information leading to the capture of the resistance fighters. This event was called Les Fusilles de Chateaubriant. In revenge for the assassination, the Germans rounded up 100 men from surrounding villages and threatened to execute all of the hostages if the persons who committed the crime were not found. The hostages were interned in the camp of Choisel in the commune of Chateaubriant. Fifty hostages were executed on October 22, 1941.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Rectangular paper poster with printed text in black ink against a yellow background. The text block in the left is in German; the information is repeated in French in the text block on the right, signed "Stülpnagel."

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