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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	Clothes whip from Bergen Belsen Remove from selection Add to selection Numero oggettoM2023/040 TitoloClothes whip from Bergen Belsen DescrizioneClothes whip found during the liberation of Bergen Belsen by British soldier, Ernest Brittain. The whip was produced by the German Reich Labor Service to remove dust from blankets, clothing and other fabrics. Whilst intended for a soldiers kit, there is continued speculation of its use at the camps. Survivor of Buchenwald, Auschwitz and Buna, Jack Meister states; 'Kapos had sticks, anything they can find, to do the job for the Germans, to punish people, to hit.' Data circa 1937 SoggettoBergen-Belsen concentration camp, soldiers, liberation armies, violence Nome oggettoweapons Materialewood, leather Dimensioni length: 335.00 mm Lingua Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Susan Brittain

Numero oggettoM2023/040

TitoloClothes whip from Bergen Belsen

DescrizioneClothes whip found during the liberation of Bergen Belsen by British soldier, Ernest Brittain. The whip was produced by the German Reich Labor Service to remove dust from blankets, clothing and other fabrics.

Whilst intended for a soldiers kit, there is continued speculation of its use at the camps. Survivor of Buchenwald, Auschwitz and Buna, Jack Meister states; 'Kapos had sticks, anything they can find, to do the job for the Germans, to punish people, to hit.'

Data circa 1937

SoggettoBergen-Belsen concentration camp, soldiers, liberation armies, violence

Nome oggettoweapons

Materialewood, leather

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Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Susan Brittain

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