Auction 110
September Militaria, Autographs, and Collectibles Auction
By Fairhill Auction LLC
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Sep 24, 2022
227 E Main St, Elkton, MD 21921, United States
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This auction includes 470 lots of select WWI and WWII militaria, autographs, Americana, and collectibles.
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LOT 259:
CONCENTRATION CAMP GUARD WHIPS
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Sold for: $200
Start price:
$
100
Estimated price :
$200 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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CONCENTRATION CAMP GUARD WHIPS
Two leather whips with 15.5- and 4.5-inch long strips, a approx. 10-inch wooden handle, appropriated by concentration camp guards for abusing concentration camp prisoners. Accompanied by a photocopy of a period photograph from the National Archives captioned: An American officer questions a former SS guard accused of beating prisoners with the whip. Lahde, Germany May 4, 1944 (National Archives and Records Administration). Copied from the book 'Liberation 1945' by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
