British nurse Edith Cavell executed by German firing squad 100 years ago this hour (Oct 12 1915)

1910s, World War I


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(Tuesday, October 12, 1915, 7:00 a.m. CET; during World War I) — British nurse Edith Cavell, 49, was executed today by a German firing squad at the Tir national (National shooting range) in the municipality of Schaerbeek in Brussels, Belgium, for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium.