Day 1,274: plunder
Russian forces have routinely bombed civilians, tortured captives and plundered villages.
Artwork of the day
Scene of plunder after the battle
Francesco Hayez
Original Title: Scena di spoliazione dopo la battaglia
Date: 1870 - 1875
Style: Romanticism
Genre: history painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: unknown
Dimensions: 83 x 102 cm
Word of the day
plunder: to steal goods violently from a place, especially during a war
Quote of the day
“The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche