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German Josef Wende, accused of espionage, is executed by U.S. Military Police firing squad in Toul, France, during World War II.
Execution of accused spy in Toul, France, during World War 2. A slate reads Graham (presumbly cameraman) Execution. Military Policemen (MPs) lead a single accused spy, Josef Wende, to the execution location in the farmyard of a farmhouse in Toul, Frace. A Catholic Priest in black accompanies the MPs. At the execution point, a Lieutenant Colonel and two other officers stand with the Priest as he speaks with the prisoner. The Priest offers prayers for Wende, who was a Pole drafted in the German Army and caught behind American lines posing as a Polish slave laborer to observe Allied numbers and positions. Wende and another soldier, Kortas, were found guilty of espionage by a U.S. military commission on October 18, 1944, and sentenced to death. Footage shows the face of Wende covered using a cloth. The MPs tie Wende's legs. The firing squad fires at Wende from a distance. The body of Wende leans forward and falls to the ground after it is hit. Afterwards the Lieutenant Colonel returns with a medical corpsman who checks bullet wounds on prisoner's chest and checks for a pulse. MPs pick up the dead body of Wende, cover it with a white sheet and carry it on a stretcher. The Priest prays as MPs pass carrying the body. (Note: Reportedly, Lt. Col. Elbert L. Nelson, Headquarters Third Army, was assigned to head a contingent of several soldiers to witness this and another execution at Toul, on November 11, 1944. He is likely the Lieutenant Colonel seen in this sequence.) Location: Toul France. Date: November 11, 1944.
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