Demonstation of an instrument used to crush fingers in the Breendonck concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 12230

Overview

Caption: Demonstation of an instrument used to crush fingers in the Breendonck concentration camp.

The original caption reads, "The above photograph shows an instrument which the Germans used as a finger-press. It was discovered at the German Soldatenheim, 47 Chausee de Mons, SOIGNIES by Mlle Rosette Christieans. The instrument was shown to Madame Pacquet who had her fingers crushed until her nails came off. She identified it as identical with the instrument which the Germans had used to torture her in Breendonk. The moment she saw it she said, "Take it away. I never want to see it again."
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: ARTIFACTS BREENDONCK CONCENTRATION CAMPS EVIDENCE INTERNMENT CAMPS PRISONS TORTURE TORTURE DEVICES TORTURE SITES TRANSIT CAMPS VIEWS WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS
Photo Designation: TRANSIT CAMPS/INTERNMENT CAMPS -- Belgium -- Breendonck -- LIBERATION -- Miscelleneous