Shoe-Testing Unit at Sachsenhausen - Walled In Berlin
Oct 18, 2021 · The shoe testing unit was a punishment detail in the former Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg concentration camp near Berlin, Germany. The facility was operated by the Nazi government between 1936 and 1945. It served as a training ground for other such camps and as a testing ground for “efficient” execution methods.
1936-1945 Sachsenhausen concentration camp
It comprised a shoe testing path with various different surfaces which was laid out around the parade ground, and internees had to march on it for days on end with full packs to test the suitability of various shoe sole materials.
Shoe testing - Victims and Survivors of Nazi Human ... - 1Library
From June 1940 the bleak shoe testing track at the centre of the Sachsenhausen camp was inaugurated. The track had different surfaces, some very rough and even a stretch that was under water. Guards liked to add a session of ‘sport’ when the test subjects had to do painful exercises.
Shoe testing tracks at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
WartimeNI Photo: Trackways of paving, tarmac, and gravel provided different surfaces for prisoners to test out shoes manufactured by a local company at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp on the outskirts of Berlin, Germany.
First timer’s guide to visiting Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Dec 27, 2022 · Shoe Testing Track. At Sachsenhausen, shoe-testing units were established in 1940, extermination units in 1942, and gas chambers in 1943. Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg had a shoe testing unit as part of the punishments for crimes committed during the Third Reich.
Shoe-testing track, KL-Sachsenhausen, June 2011 - Flickr
Each day guards forced prisoners to wear new shoes and march about 40 kilometres over a track of cement, cinders, broken stones, gravel and sand.
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Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg): Photographs - Jewish Virtual Library
Part of shoe testing track in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Prisoners who belonged in “Schuhläuferkommando”, the shoe testing unit that tested military footwar for German soldiers, were forced to walk on this track for days at a time.
Shoe Testing Track Archive - Voices of the Next Generations
The video „Shoe Test #2“ explores a forced, day long march of 40 kilometres based on the testimonies of George Saxon’s father, who was subjected to the ’shoe testing track‘ as part of a punishment unit at Sachsenhausen.
retired Gordon's on a Visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration
Sachsenhausen Concentration camp. The rough looking surface is the shoe testing track. It had various surfaces, ranging from sand, tarmac, stones, rocks etc. Prisoners were forced to march round the track repeatedly in all weather.
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The March To Death In Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Sep 18, 2020 · The Nazi Ministry for Industry constructed a special track in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp to check army shoe’s endurance. The track was a 700 meter track with cobblestones,...