View of the gallows in the Breendonck concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 11501

Overview

Caption: View of the gallows in the Breendonck concentration camp.

Original caption reads: "The horizontal bar and the platform were removed by the Germans. The platform has a trap door in the center which is operated by the iron handle shown in the picture. The platform steps and the iron handle are those used by the Germans."
Date: 1944 - 1945
Locale: Breendonk, [Antwerp] Belgium
Variant Locale: Breendonck
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Paul Hartman

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Paul Hartman

Source Record ID: Collections: 2006.Hartman

Keyword: BREENDONCK CONCENTRATION CAMPS EVIDENCE EXECUTION SITES GALLOWS INTERNMENT CAMPS PRISONS TRANSIT CAMPS VIEWS WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS
Photo Designation: TRANSIT CAMPS/INTERNMENT CAMPS -- Belgium -- Breendonck -- LIBERATION -- Views -- Exteriors