German Crucification of a Canadian POW Memorial

Notes:

Captain Derwent Wood sculpted this German atrocity during World War I--the cruxifiction of a Canadian prisoner of war. The prisoner was depicted hanging with extended arms, impaled with bayonets, while German soldiers stood by and taunted the victim. It is highly unlikely that this cruxification ever occurred, but was instead a rumor propagated by Allied publicists to denounce the Germans.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Crime, Propaganda, Canadian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Freedom’s Triumph: The Why, When and Where of the European Conflict. Chicago: Women’s Weekly, 1919, 45.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/312