Belgian women who collaborated with the Germans during the occupation are forced to give the Nazi salute before their jeering countrymen. The women's heads were all shaven as part of their public humiliation.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 82885

Overview

Caption: Belgian women who collaborated with the Germans during the occupation are forced to give the Nazi salute before their jeering countrymen. The women's heads were all shaven as part of their public humiliation.
Photographer: Barth
Date: 1944 September 15
Locale: Lanaken, [Limburg] Belgium
Variant Locale: Lanaeken
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 111-SC-227148 (Album 3584)

Keyword: BELGIANS COLLABORATORS HEAD-SHAVING SALUTING SPECTATORS/AUDIENCES/BYSTANDERS SUMMARY PUNISHMENT/REVENGE WOMEN
Photo Designation: PURSUIT OF JUSTICE -- Collaborators' Trials/Punishment -- Belgium