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title: Hanged Soviet Civilians, Operation Barbarossa
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20191/hanged-soviet-civilians-operation-barbarossa/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-03-12
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# Hanged Soviet Civilians, Operation Barbarossa

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## Image File

[![Hanged Soviet Civilians, Operation Barbarossa](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20191.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20191.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph showing Soviet civilians at Velizh hanged by Axis forces after the [battle of Smolensk in 1941](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2668/battle-of-smolensk-in-1941/) during [Operation Barbarossa](https://www.worldhistory.org/Operation_Barbarossa/) in the Second World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museums, I. W. (2025, March 12). Hanged Soviet Civilians, Operation Barbarossa. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20191/hanged-soviet-civilians-operation-barbarossa/>
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "Hanged Soviet Civilians, Operation Barbarossa." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 12, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20191/hanged-soviet-civilians-operation-barbarossa/>.
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "Hanged Soviet Civilians, Operation Barbarossa." *World History Encyclopedia*, 12 Mar 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20191/hanged-soviet-civilians-operation-barbarossa/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022032) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 12 March 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.