Carl Mydans Photographs Execution of Nazi Collaborators, 1944
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Carl Mydans Photographs Execution of Nazi Collaborators, 1944
Photo: Carl Mydans./Time & Life Pictures
Photo: Carl Mydans./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Sep 02, 1944
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Just days after Paris was famously liberated from German control in 1944, LIFE photographer Carl Mydans and correspondent John Osborne were eyewitnesses to a grisly affair in the foothills of the French Alps.
On September 2, a group of Resistance fighters gathered near the town of Grenoble to execute a half-dozen Nazi collaborators who had worked for the Milice -- the despised Vichy police. The photos and commentary that ran were simultaneously poignant and terrifying.
Here is a small sample of some of Mydan's rare, chilling photographs that document the horrific event. Be sure to check out the amazing full gallery on
On reflecting on history and on his own involvement in WWII as a bombardier, Howard Zinn contended that there is no “good” war. War poisons everyone involved.
Photo: Carl Mydans./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Sep 02, 1944
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