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A survivor reenacts the treatment of prisoners in a torture chamber in the Breendonck concentration camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 12140
A survivor reenacts the treatment of prisoners in a torture chamber in the Breendonck concentration camp. Original caption reads, "It is alleged that prisoners were made to stand facing the wall in the manner shown above and that (a) wooden bullets were fired at them (b) cold water and steam or boiling water was thrown at them. No proof of this is forthcoming although there are many small marks on the wall. No cognizance has been taken of the above stories."

A survivor reenacts the treatment of prisoners in a torture chamber in the Breendonck concentration camp.

Original caption reads, "It is alleged that prisoners were made to stand facing the wall in the manner shown above and that
(a) wooden bullets were fired at them
(b) cold water and steam or boiling water was thrown at them.
No proof of this is forthcoming although there are many small marks on the wall. No cognizance has been taken of the above stories."

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: 2016-09-13 00:00:00
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