Czechoslovak POWs Hanged at Montello

Notes:

Five Czechoslovak Legionnaires were hanged from makeshift gallows from trees in Montello, Italy for fighting for Czechoslovak independence with the Allies. Austro-Hungarian authorities charged these prisoners with treason and found them guilty.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Austria-Hungary, Crime, Punishment, Capital Punishment, Czech POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Josef Logaj, "Obeeti," Prague: Cin, 1921, 24.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1525