Mock-up of a beating post in Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, 1945
Gift of Ronello Brown, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
Description:
Photograph. Dummy wearing a prisoner uniform lying on a beating post with a sign above; sign reads: "Modell! Das Original wurde von den Mordbanditen vor ihrem Abzug vernichtet. Der sogenannte Bock! Ein Nazi-Kulturdenkmal in allen Konzentrationslagern. 25 und mehr Schläge aus nichtigsten Anlässen, oft auf das nackte Gesäss. Bei Bewustlosigkeit wurde der Häftling mit kalten Wasser begossen, bis er wieder zur Besinnung kam, und dann weiter geschlagen." Personal caption on reverse: "5. Near the hanging post was also this frame work where some one might be strapped to and practically beat to death. The stuffed form shows how it was done." Buchenwald, Weimar, Germany. 1945
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1945
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Items from the service of Ronello Brown, who fought with the 197th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion in Normandy, Northern France, and central Europe. Mr. Brown received the Good Conduct Bronze Star and the French Croix de Guerre.
Geography:
Buchenwald
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51.017
Longitude:
11.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Punishment & torture--Germany
Concentration camps--Germany