execution – Fake History Hunter

NOT a German soldier being shot during WW2

October 2, 2019

This photo is being shared online supposedly showing the execution of a German soldier for desertion by his own comrades. It does not. When I saw it I immediately knew something wasn’t quite right but couldn’t put my finger on it.The scene just looked too staged, too posed.Eventually I realised that the firing squad was … More NOT a German soldier being shot during WW2

NOT the real execution of Mata Hari

May 5, 2017

These pictures are shared all over the internet as being an authentic historical photo of the actual execution of famous Dutch spy Mata Hari (Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod) in 1917. They’re not. When Mata Hari was shot, on the 15th of October 1917, no photos of the execution were taken, there is one photo online showing … More NOT the real execution of Mata Hari