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Interior view of a torture chamber in the Breendonck concentration camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 12105
Interior view of a torture chamber in the Breendonck concentration camp. Original caption reads, "The marks on the wall and roof indicate where a pulley used to be. Prisoners were strung up to the roof by means of a pulley -- sometimes feet-first, sometimes head-first. The pulley was dismantled by the Germans in August 1944."

Interior view of a torture chamber in the Breendonck concentration camp.

Original caption reads, "The marks on the wall and roof indicate where a pulley used to be. Prisoners were strung up to the roof by means of a pulley -- sometimes feet-first, sometimes head-first. The pulley was dismantled by the Germans in August 1944."

Date
1944 - 1945
Locale
Breendonk, [Antwerp] Belgium
Variant Locale
Breendonck
Photo Designation
TRANSIT CAMPS/INTERNMENT CAMPS -- Belgium -- Breendonck -- LIBERATION -- Views -- Interiors
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Paul Hartman

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Paul Hartman
Source Record ID: Collections: 2006.Hartman
 
Record last modified: 2006-07-06 00:00:00
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