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Located in the yard between block 10 and block 11 is the "Death Wall". The condemned were led to the wall for execution by SS men who shot several thousand people. The wall was dismantled in 1944, while the camp was still in existence. This did not mean the end of executions, however. Prisoners were also subjected to other forms of punishment in the yard, including flogging and "the post."

The “post” was an especially painful punishment. The victim’s hands were tied behind his back and he was hung from a post so that his feet could not touch the ground. The punishment was usually inflicted for several hours, an hour at a time. The prisoner lost consciousness because of the intense pain. The punishment usually caused the rupture of the tendons in the shoulder, leaving the victim unable to move his arms. This put him at risk of being sent to the gas chamber as unfit for work.

To the left is block 10 where medical experiments were done on sterilization of Jewish women. The windows of block 10 are covered with black-painted wooden boards to prevent anyone from seeing what was happening inside, and the women could not see the activity at the wall. The boards are angled out a few inches to let in a little light through the crack at the top.