What Tom Holland has said about Execution of Edith Cavell
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 27, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Execution of Edith Cavell 2 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.
In their words
Holland argues that executing Cavell was a grave misjudgement by the Germans, worse than a crime.
“I mean, it's worse than a crime. It's a mistake”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 55:22
Holland contends the German command should have weighed the consequences and could have imprisoned Cavell instead.
“you have to weigh up, you know, which is the worst. And I think you could send her to prison or whatever”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 57:53
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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