A member of the Belgian resistance paints a swastika on the forehead of a woman who collaborated with the Germans during the occupation of Belgium. The resistance shaved her head and the heads of four other women in Lanaken as part of their public humilation.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 82886

Overview

Caption: A member of the Belgian resistance paints a swastika on the forehead of a woman who collaborated with the Germans during the occupation of Belgium. The resistance shaved her head and the heads of four other women in Lanaken as part of their public humilation.
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-227590 (Album 3584)

Keyword: BELGIANS COLLABORATORS HEAD-SHAVING RESISTERS/RESISTANCE SUMMARY PUNISHMENT/REVENGE WOMEN
Photo Designation: PURSUIT OF JUSTICE -- Collaborators' Trials/Punishment -- Belgium