What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Execution of Edith Cavell
3 quotes · 1 episode · May 27, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Execution of Edith Cavell 3 times in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
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Sandbrook cites Diana Souhami's view that Cavell's interrogation answers were mistranslated into German to seem more incriminating.
“Diana Suhami says she thinks that the answers were slightly mistranslated to make them sound more incriminating”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 36:21
Sandbrook interprets Count Harrach's remark about shooting more English women as a gruff joke rather than a serious statement.
“I think it's obviously a joke. It's German banter”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 48:54
Sandbrook characterises the execution as a political rather than a moral error.
“It's a political mistake rather than a moral mistake, I would say”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 58:05
Episodes
674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4)The Rest Is History · May 27, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland recount the life, resistance work, trial and 1915 execution of British nurse Edith Cavell in German-occupied Belgium, and her posthumous legend.
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