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Two niggers undressed me and tore my shirt in two. I kept only my pants. Being handcuffed, I could not pull them up when they fell down. So now I was naked. Four days! On the fourth day, I was so cold that my body was numb. I couldn't hear anything. Every two - four hours (even in the night!) Niggers came along under command of a White man and hammered at me. Cigarette burns on the nipples. Fingers gouged into eye-sockets. Eyebrows and chest hair pulled out. Genitals beaten with an oxwhip. Testicles very swollen. Spat at. 'Mouth open' and was spat into. When I refused to open, my jaws were pried apart with a stick and my mouth spat into. Beaten with a whip - swollen, dark-blue whelps all over the body... Photographed naked! Jeered at wearing an old army greatcoat which they hung round me.

Julius Streicher#18

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker describes severe physical abuse and humiliation inflicted upon him by Black prisoners under White supervision.
In plain terms
He was tortured, beaten, and humiliated while imprisoned.
What can you take from it?
Extreme cruelty can be enacted under systems of authority.

Where it applies

  • prison records
  • historical accounts of conflict
  • human rights documentation

Putting it to work

  • documenting abuse
  • studying prison conditions

Questions to consider

  • How does power enable cruelty?
  • What defines human dignity in captivity?

Another view

This account is one-sided and lacks independent verification of specific events.

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