A Higher Form of Killing (64 page)

Fritz Haber and Albert Einstein (Courtesy of the Fritz Haber Institute)

General Erich von Falkenhayn

The
Lusitania
in New York Harbor

Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz

A cross-section of the
Lusitania
(Mary Evans Picture Library)

A warning from the German government in the
New York Times
published on May 1, 1915

Alfred Vanderbilt

Captain William Turner

Kapitän-Leutnant Walther Schwieger

The German U-boat
U-20
, responsible for sinking the
Lusitania
, grounded on the Danish coast in 1916

A sketch by Oliver Bernard illustrating the moment a torpedo struck the
Lusitania
(© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans)

Passengers evacuate the ship (Mary Evans Picture Library)

Survivors of the
Lusitania
tragedy in Queenstown (Mary Evans/EpicTallandier)