Prisoners were often picked out random and flogged. "The men's fect were strapped to two foot plates, They were then bent over horizontal bar, and their heads Secured between two horizontal bars, Some. died between the poles. Survivors were kicked back " into the sheds. Some prisoners went mad, and were chained up with a sack round their heads to stine their shouts, "Another punishment was hanging up three metres from the ground by the arms violently bent' back for the purpose, Special men were employed to carry out these punish ments, The hanging lasted for ten to twelve hours, and was in public.
The overcrowding was indescribable, For example, 2,500 prisoners were foreed into ® shed measuring 200 fact by 60 fect, Deaths at the Buchenwald camp occurred "daily, and relatives were often first informed of these by an Intimation that they could have the ashes for the payment of three marks, "Jewish prisoner was ever released until he could produce evidence that he was able to leave Germany,
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