Death Wall, Block 10 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Death Wall, Block 10 / TopDog PR
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | From 1941 to 1943, the SS shot several thousand people at the wall in this courtyard between Blocks 10 and 11. Most of those executed here were Polish political prisoners, above all, the leaders and members of clandestine organisations and people who helped escapees or facilitated contacts with the outside world. Poles who had been sentenced to death in nearby towns were also brought here to be shot, including men, women, and even children who had been taken hostage in revenge for operations of the Polish resistance against the German occupation. Prisoners of other nationalities and ethnic origins, including Jews and Soviet POWs, were also sometimes shot at this wall.The SS administered brutal punishments here: floggings, and also the torture known as 'the post', in which prisoners were hung from a post by their wrists with their arms twisted behind their backs.The execution wall was dismantled in 1944 on the orders of the camp authorities. Executions were subsequently carried out elsewhere, most often in the gas chambers and crematoria at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. |
| 撮影日 | 2008-09-17 14:24:26 |
| 撮影者 | TopDog PR , Brighton, UK |
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