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Visit Poperinge Town Hall Death Cell, Poperinge, West Flanders, Belguim

In the town hall courtyard, an execution pole commemorates the atrocities that took place here during WWI. Over 3,000 allied soldiers were sentenced to death by execution for desserting their posts or acts of cowardice in the First World War. Only 346 were actually executed. 69 were executed in the westhoek region. 25 British and 2 Canadian soldiers were executed in Poperinge.