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Demonstration of an instrument used to crush fingers in the Breendonck concentration camp, Belgium.

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Demonstration of an instrument used to crush fingers in the Breendonck concentration camp, Belgium.
Image Not Available for Demonstration of an instrument used to crush fingers in the Breendonck concentration camp, Belgium.
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  • Demonstration of an instrument used to crush fingers in the Breendonck concentration camp, Belgium.
Date1944–1945, printed 2012
(not assigned)Breendonk, Belgium
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 14 in. (26.5 × 35.6 cm)
 Sheet: 14 7/16 × 18 in. (36.7 × 45.7 cm)
 Frame (outer): 18 3/8 × 22 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (46.7 × 56.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase Courtesy of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives
Object number2012.266
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ProvenanceUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.

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