Place of execution


Here is a look at the execution room at Plötzensee. Originally prisoners were executed one at a time by guillotine, but later they installed the hanging bar you see in the back where up to eight prisoners could be assassinated at a time. Some school groups had visited earlier and left letters and roses in memorial, a touching gesture.

Sorry to make such a downer post on a Friday. Hope you have something exciting planned. I'll be on the golf course (where else?) and at the apartment. We have at least half a kitchen now!

PS: I am posting photos from my recent trip to Paris on my other photoblog, Halcyon Travels. Please stop by and take a look. You can click here or on the link on the right side of this page. Enjoy!

14 comments:

  1. That was so nice that the students left memorial gifts like this...very touching. Enjoy your golf! :)

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  2. it is a part of history that remains important to be remembered.

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  3. Very sad, but uplifting in what is left behind.

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  4. It's shocking to see such a thing! Lovely gesture by those students.

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  5. Man's inhumanity just seems to know no bounds.

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  6. Once again...so sad. This room reminds me of the room in Sixth Sense where people are hanging. Gives you chills.

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  7. Yes, horrible if you think of the things that took place here..

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  8. The end is always near... in many ways.

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  9. A place that would certainly have one feeling sad.

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  10. The only positive thing that can be said is that at least the dead are being memorialized. What a dreadful place!

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