One of many drawings on the walls of the kitchen block, probably drawn by inmates of the Soviet camp

SS guards beating a new batch of prisoners with rubber truncheons

Memorial to all the victims of the camp 1936-1945

Sachsenhausen 2 - as drawn by inmates

April 23 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