Genickschussanlage
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'''''' (German for "neck shooting facility") is the official name of a facility used for surprise executions in Nazi Germany. The victim was placed, under the pretext of a medical examination, in a position where a shot could be fired into the back of their neck from the neighbouring room. For that purpose, the facilities were partly disguised as height measuring devices or medicinal instruments. The facilities are mostly known from concentration camps (such as Sachsenhausen), where they were not only used to carry out official death sentences but also to carry out inconspicuous murder of larger groups of victims.
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