Large barrel like structure with a circular crank attached. It sits on what appears to be an abandoned trailer in the middle of a field.
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Bone-crushing machine in Janowska

Bone-crushing machine used by Sonderkommando 1005 to  grind the bones of victims after their bodies were burned in the Janowska camp. August 1944.


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  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Herman Lewinter
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