• Iain ColvilleVier Tage in BerlinTraveler
    Role call assembly
    Shoe testingOne of many drawings on the walls of the kitchen block, probably drawn by inmates of the Soviet campBeatings from guardsAbuse by guardsSS guards beating a new batch of prisoners with rubber truncheonsCrematorium detailSoviet memorialMemorial to all the victims of the camp 1936-1945Inscription on rear of memorial

    Sachsenhausen 2 - as drawn by inmates

    April 23, 2025 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    As well as the many documents and photographs (many taken by the Nazi regime for propaganda or as part of their record keeping), were a number of drawings secretly drawn by prisoners.

    These are even more evocative and disturbing than the written evidence for the treatment meted out to the inmates.

    Here are just a few which were particularly striking.    Read more