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Spy Executed by U.S. Army in Germany
United States Army physicians examine the body of Richard Jarczyk to be sure that he is dead after execution by a firing squad in Germany in 1945. Jarczyk was a Pole who fought for the Nazis in World War II by sabotaging equipment and supplies and killing U.S. soldiers at night behind the lines of the U.S. 7th Army. He was discovered when he attempted to run for mayor with the Military Government in Bruckweiler and later declared that he was a spy.
A spy and his fate
Preparations are being made for the shooting of a German spy by the name of Richard Jarczyk, born in Poland. In March 1945 he ended up in the Rhineland region, occupied by American Forces, and began to work in the newly created administration. His frequent departures aroused suspicion. As it turned out, he was collecting information about the activity of the American Army, in order to pass it on to one of the Werewolf groups. - He was arrested, tried by Military Court and executed in the town of Kitzingen, in the German state of Bavaria.
Rare photographs documenting the execution of Nazi spy Richard Jarczyk. April 1945
Seven original large photographs documenting all stages of the execution of the Nazi spy Richard Jarczyk. Following an investigation by the U.S. Army on charges of equipment damage and killing of U.S. soldiers, Richard was tried by the U.S. Army Tribunal, pleaded guilty, and executed by a firing squad - U.S. Army 7th Army Soldiers on April 23, 1945, At the sports field in Florian-Geyer, in the German state of Bavaria.
In the photos: Richard led by two American soldiers to the wood stand, asked to say his last words, an American officer ties his eyes, shot by a firing squad, US Army doctors examine his body to make sure he is dead, his body is taken to the American army truck. The photos are all depicted on the back with glued stencil leaves numbered, of the Photography Department of the Seventh Army.
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Spy Executed by U.S. Army in Germany
United States Army physicians examine the body of Richard Jarczyk to be sure that he is dead after execution by a firing squad in Germany in 1945. Jarczyk was a Pole who fought for the Nazis in World War II by sabotaging equipment and supplies and killing U.S. soldiers at night behind the lines of the U.S. 7th Army. He was discovered when he attempted to run for mayor with the Military Government in Bruckweiler and later declared that he was a spy.
A spy and his fate
Preparations are being made for the shooting of a German spy by the name of Richard Jarczyk, born in Poland. In March 1945 he ended up in the Rhineland region, occupied by American Forces, and began to work in the newly created administration. His frequent departures aroused suspicion. As it turned out, he was collecting information about the activity of the American Army, in order to pass it on to one of the Werewolf groups. - He was arrested, tried by Military Court and executed in the town of Kitzingen, in the German state of Bavaria.
Rare photographs documenting the execution of Nazi spy Richard Jarczyk. April 1945
Seven original large photographs documenting all stages of the execution of the Nazi spy Richard Jarczyk. Following an investigation by the U.S. Army on charges of equipment damage and killing of U.S. soldiers, Richard was tried by the U.S. Army Tribunal, pleaded guilty, and executed by a firing squad - U.S. Army 7th Army Soldiers on April 23, 1945, At the sports field in Florian-Geyer, in the German state of Bavaria.
In the photos: Richard led by two American soldiers to the wood stand, asked to say his last words, an American officer ties his eyes, shot by a firing squad, US Army doctors examine his body to make sure he is dead, his body is taken to the American army truck. The photos are all depicted on the back with glued stencil leaves numbered, of the Photography Department of the Seventh Army.
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