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NAZI TORTURE WAYS FIRING SQUAD AFTER 16 MONTHS While George Deckers, a Belgian officer, was with the Army of Occupation in the Rhineland after the last war, he saved the lives of two German children. lie was decorated for the act which was performed in "particularly dangerous circumstances." When the present war broke out lie tried to enrol again, but his services were refused. The Germans invaded Belgium He was evacuated to France. France collapsed He tried to embark for England, but failed. months later, on October 10, 1940, he was arrested and sentenced to death for "endangering the secui ity of the German Army " and for spying. J ' P'or nearly 16 months the man who saved two German children was kept waiting by the Germans for the firing squad. His wife was allowed to visit him. January" 2™ ° n the mornin g of The prison governor had just told him that he was to be shot that <£y, but as he had received ten similar messages before, and nothing had his^vife 10 ' dld not mention it tc^ Four hours after she had left him killed S execution yard and
The news reached London in BelBeige S S6Cret news P a Per, La Libre
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 194, 18 August 1942, Page 6
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206DELAYED ACTION Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 194, 18 August 1942, Page 6
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