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

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 12140

Overview

Caption: 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 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 INTERIORS INTERNMENT CAMPS PRISONS REENACTMENTS/SIMULATIONS SURVIVORS TORTURE TORTURE SITES TRANSIT CAMPS VIEWS WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS
Photo Designation: TRANSIT CAMPS/INTERNMENT CAMPS -- Belgium -- Breendonck -- LIBERATION -- Views -- Interiors