This postcard graphically depicts a German officer standing over the dead body of Nurse Edith Cavell. The firing squad that executed her looks on in the background. The card charges the Germans with murder. Cavell had been accused of treason for helping injured allied troops escape Belgium to the neutral Netherlands. Her execution outraged the British Empire.
George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19960034-008
Canada and the First World War
