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Creation Date
1918
Description
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.
Keywords
Austria-Hungary, Crime, Punishment, Capital Punishment, Czech POWs, World War 1914-1918