Zeitgenössiche Darstellung der Schrecken des Lger Andersonville. Wirz stamping on a prisoner. Dogs tearing a prisoner. How they robbed prisoners. Fighting for bones. Crawling to the swamp for water. Ball & chain. Mud burrow. Shot on the dead line for a piece of mouldy cake. Die Hinrichtung von Hauptman Wirz am 10. November 1865.
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Title
Zeitgenössiche Darstellung der Schrecken des Lger Andersonville. Wirz stamping on a prisoner. Dogs tearing a prisoner. How they robbed prisoners. Fighting for bones. Crawling to the swamp for water. Ball & chain. Mud burrow. Shot on the dead line for a piece of mouldy cake. Die Hinrichtung von Hauptman Wirz am 10. November 1865.
Collection
Print Collection portrait file
W
Henry Wirz
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1966-08-20
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Subjects
Wirz, Henry, 1823?-1865
Andersonville Prison
Prisoners of war
Executions
Atrocities
Genres
Notes
Content: Illustrations for: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Das Wochen-ende, page 5. Page not numbered.
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Portrait File
Other local Identifier: Portrait file
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dea6a280-eddd-0132-8fdb-58d385a7bbd0
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Date Issued
1966-08-20
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Zeitgenössiche Darstellung der Schrecken des Lger Andersonville. Wirz stamping on a prisoner. Dogs tearing a prisoner. How they robbed prisoners. Fighting for bones. Crawling to the swamp for water. Ball & chain. Mud burrow. Shot on the dead line for a piece of mouldy cake. Die Hinrichtung von Hauptman Wirz am 10. November 1865." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1966. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dea6a280-eddd-0132-8fdb-58d385a7bbd0
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1966). Zeitgenössiche Darstellung der Schrecken des Lger Andersonville. Wirz stamping on a prisoner. Dogs tearing a prisoner. How they robbed prisoners. Fighting for bones. Crawling to the swamp for water. Ball & chain. Mud burrow. Shot on the dead line for a piece of mouldy cake. Die Hinrichtung von Hauptman Wirz am 10. November 1865. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dea6a280-eddd-0132-8fdb-58d385a7bbd0
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Zeitgenössiche Darstellung der Schrecken des Lger Andersonville. Wirz stamping on a prisoner. Dogs tearing a prisoner. How they robbed prisoners. Fighting for bones. Crawling to the swamp for water. Ball & chain. Mud burrow. Shot on the dead line for a piece of mouldy cake. Die Hinrichtung von Hauptman Wirz am 10. November 1865." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dea6a280-eddd-0132-8fdb-58d385a7bbd0
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