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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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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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Print Collection portrait file

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Henry Wirz

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1966-08-20
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Topics
Public figures
Wirz, Henry, 1823?-1865
Andersonville Prison
Prisoners of war
Executions
Atrocities
Genres
Clippings
Portraits
Notes
Content: Illustrations for: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Das Wochen-ende, page 5. Page not numbered.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Portrait File
Other local Identifier: Portrait file
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dea6a280-eddd-0132-8fdb-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1966: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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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. 1966-08-20. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/df9dabe0-eddd-0132-d7cb-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 March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/df9dabe0-eddd-0132-d7cb-58d385a7bbd0

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1966-08-20). 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/df9dabe0-eddd-0132-d7cb-58d385a7bbd0

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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.