View of the execution site in the Breendonck concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 11271

Overview

Caption: View of the execution site in the Breendonck concentration camp.

The original caption reads, "The place where prisoners were shot. Before being shot, the prisoners had to erect the sleepers. The sleepers shown on the photograph are not those used by the Germans but have been erected by the Belgians to show what the execution yard looked like."
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 INTERNMENT CAMPS PRISONS TRANSIT CAMPS VIEWS WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS
Photo Designation: TRANSIT CAMPS/INTERNMENT CAMPS -- Belgium -- Breendonck -- LIBERATION -- Views -- Exteriors