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We Came Upon The First Case Of Atrocities Committed By The Germans In And Around Caiazzo. In The Nearby Woods We Found The Bodies Of Four Girls, Who Had Been Raped And Then Beaten And Kicked To Death.
We Came Upon The First Case Of Atrocities Committed By The Germans In And Around Caiazzo. In The Nearby Woods We Found The Bodies Of Four Girls, Who Had Been Raped And Then Beaten And Kicked To Death.
We Came Upon The First Case Of Atrocities Committed By The Germans In And Around Caiazzo. In The Nearby Woods We Found The Bodies Of Four Girls, Who Had Been Raped And Then Beaten And Kicked To Death.
Artist Rudolph Charles von Ripper (American, b. Austria, 1905 - 1960)

We Came Upon The First Case Of Atrocities Committed By The Germans In And Around Caiazzo. In The Nearby Woods We Found The Bodies Of Four Girls, Who Had Been Raped And Then Beaten And Kicked To Death.

Date1947
MediumEtching/aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 16 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (41.9 × 33.7 cm)
Platemark: 9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Michael T. Ricker
Object number2022.183.7
The Little Town Of San Vittore, Our First Obstacle In The Advance Toward Cassino, Was Stubbonly Defended And We Had To Fight From House To House To Clear the Germans Out Of Its Ruins.
The Little Town Of San Vittore, Our First Obstacle In The Advance Toward Cassino, Was Stubbonly Defended And We Had To Fight From House To House To Clear the Germans Out Of Its Ruins.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
After We Had Cleared The Krauts Out Of San Vittore, Half-Starved Children, Who Had Been Hiding For Weeks In Cellars, Appeared In The Doorways, Begging For Food.
After We Had Cleared The Krauts Out Of San Vittore, Half-Starved Children, Who Had Been Hiding For Weeks In Cellars, Appeared In The Doorways, Begging For Food.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
After We Had Been Relieved At Cassino And After A Short Rest Period, We Moved, Mostly On LST's, To The Anzio Beachhead.
After We Had Been Relieved At Cassino And After A Short Rest Period, We Moved, Mostly On LST's, To The Anzio Beachhead.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
Zero Hour Was 2 A.M. - Waist-Deep In The Fast-Flowing Water, We Crossed The Volturno River For The First Time Near Caiazzo.
Zero Hour Was 2 A.M. - Waist-Deep In The Fast-Flowing Water, We Crossed The Volturno River For The First Time Near Caiazzo.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
From The Mountain Above San Pietro One Could Look Down Upon San Vittore, Cervaro, Cassino - The German Defense Line Blocking The Way To Rome. We Went Into The Attack - The Long And Bloody Battle Of Cassino Was On.
From The Mountain Above San Pietro One Could Look Down Upon San Vittore, Cervaro, Cassino - The German Defense Line Blocking The Way To Rome. We Went Into The Attack - The Long And Bloody Battle Of Cassino Was On.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
In The Last Days Of April 1944 Came The Signal For The Attack - After Hard Fighting We Broke The German Resistance And The Second Big Push Was On.
In The Last Days Of April 1944 Came The Signal For The Attack - After Hard Fighting We Broke The German Resistance And The Second Big Push Was On.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
Proof For Etching #23 - In The Last Days Of April 1944 Came The Signal For The Attack - After Hard Fighting We Broke The German Resistance And The Second Big Push Was On.
Proof For Etching #23 - In The Last Days Of April 1944 Came The Signal For The Attack - After Hard Fighting We Broke The German Resistance And The Second Big Push Was On.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1946
In The Woods Sloping Down To The Rapido River, We Sat Around The Foxholes Awaiting The Orders For The Crossing.
In The Woods Sloping Down To The Rapido River, We Sat Around The Foxholes Awaiting The Orders For The Crossing.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
The Resurrection of the Dead, We don't Believe in it, in any Case, the Owls & the Crows will Represent Us
The Resurrection of the Dead, We don't Believe in it, in any Case, the Owls & the Crows will Represent Us
Leonard Baskin
n.d.
Image Not Available for Orion (Orion About to Receive Heavenly Bodies)
Orion (Orion About to Receive Heavenly Bodies)
John Stockton de Martelly
1967
Our Guns Were Pointing North, Our Eyes Were Looking North Toward The Plain Of The Po Valley... We Were Waiting For Spring.. Spring Which Would - And Which Did - Bring The Final Battle, The Big Push North, And The German Defeat.
Our Guns Were Pointing North, Our Eyes Were Looking North Toward The Plain Of The Po Valley... We Were Waiting For Spring.. Spring Which Would - And Which Did - Bring The Final Battle, The Big Push North, And The German Defeat.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
After The Bloody Battle For Monte Pantano We Moved Back Into Line At San Pietro. In The Ruins Of The Town Our Medics Set Up A First Aid Station.
After The Bloody Battle For Monte Pantano We Moved Back Into Line At San Pietro. In The Ruins Of The Town Our Medics Set Up A First Aid Station.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
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