de bene esse: The punishment stand

Monday, July 29, 2013

The punishment stand

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Buchenwald, Germany, Sommer, a SS guard, next to prisoners hanged by their hands.

Hanged on the left tree: The author Karl Schnog (1897-1969), cabaret author and journalist who survived Dachau, Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald and on the right tree: Otto Feuer. Lying face-down is Jack Werber. The guards called this place "The punishment stand".

Buchenwald, Germany, Sommer, a SS guard, next to prisoners hanged by their hands. Hanged on the left tree: The author Karl Schnog (1897-1969), cabaret author and journalist who survived Dachau, Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald. Hanged on the right tree: Otto Feuer. The man lying face-down is Jack Werber. The guards called the place "The punishment stand".

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