HUN CRUELTY
AN UNCONFIRMED ALLEGATION.
LONDON, 26th December.
The War Office announces that it has been unable to confirm the allegations that the Germans tattooed their prisonl era.
[A recently-published cable message stated ■ Numbers of British repatriated prisoners, who arrived in England this month, bear marks of the latest form of Hun barbarity Many have extensive tattooing on their faces, necks, and bodies, including iron crosses, German flngs, and Imperial eagles. The victims declare that the tattooing was executed in most cases through sheer German devilishness, and sometimes as punishment for minor misdemeanors in prison camps. Many soldiers bear words, "God Save the Kaiser! \3ott strafe England '" upon their foreheads or necks. They have also tattooed i snakes, designed in red and blue, extending from the cheeks to the shoulders. The commonest design is that of a spider, called "the spider of death," placed above the eyes, with its legs extending Over the man's head, ears, neck, and face. Many of the victims arss now in hospital undergoing a lone proj cess of skin grafting, in order to obliterate the imprints of Hunnishnessr] l'
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 155, 28 December 1918, Page 7
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184HUN CRUELTY Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 155, 28 December 1918, Page 7
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