Funérailles solennelles des fusillés de la Chartreuse

  • Other title(s): Solemn funerals of the executed of the Chartreuse
    Plechtige begrafenissen van de geëxecuteerden van de Chartreuse
  • Genre: Newsreel
  • Year: 1920
  • Description: Funeral ceremonies in honor of the dead. Germany invaded Belgium during the first world war in August 1914; Chartreuse was to acquire a somber reputation as it was used as a prison for hundreds of Belgians who tried to resist. 49 people were executed on site and buried.
    Funeral ceremonies in honor of the dead. Germany invaded Belgium during the first world war in August 1914; Chartreuse was to acquire a somber reputation as it was used as a prison for hundreds of Belgians who tried to resist. 49 people were executed on site and buried.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / War and society / Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes / commémorations / herdenkingen / discours / toespraken / Première Guerre mondiale / Eerste Wereldoorlog / Belgique / België / Liège / Luik / Jacques de Dixmude (général) / Jacques de Dixmude (generaal) / Henault, Valère / Henault, Valère / Rutten (évêque) / Rutten (bisschop) / funérailles / begrafenissen / cortèges / optochten / rites / riten / cérémonies / plechtigheden / cérémonies militaires / militaire plechtigheden / cérémonies religieuses / religieuze plechtigheden / guerres / oorlogen / Europe / Europa
  • Provider: Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique
  • Rights: Public Domain
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Director: Unknown
  • Sound: Without sound