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The pole hanging is a torture method. The torturer ties the victim's hands together behind the body. Afterwards, the victim is hung by the hands on a tree, pole or from the ceiling. If the torturer drops the victim in this suspension, the weight of the body pulls the victim's arms upwards.
Consequences and complications
The stake hanging torture method is very painful . This can lead to serious damage to health, in particular to dislocation (dislocation or dislocation) of the shoulder joints . At the latest after half an hour, the victim is unconscious , after one to four hours of death occurs.
For tightening, the victim's feet can be weighted with weights. This considerably increases the pain and the risk of injury : In addition to the shoulder injuries already mentioned, injuries to the hips and legs can also occur.
Historical
According to the Constitutio Criminalis Caroli Quinti (CCC) of 1532, the torture method of hanging on stakes was permissible for certain suspicious factors. During the time of the witch trials, this torture method was called " teasing ". It was also used in the concentration camps during the National Socialist period up to 1942 as " hanging trees ".
Similar torture and execution methods
Related to the method of torture hanging on stakes is the strappado or, as a method of execution, the estrapade . Here, the victim is hung up by the arms tied behind the back and gradually dropped from a greater and greater height and then braked abruptly just before the ground until death occurs. In Paris , Loudun and Toulouse , squares and streets are still called “Place / Rue de l'Estrapade” because there was such an execution instrument.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Kaienburg : Sachsenhausen main camp. In: Wolfgang Benz , Barbara Distel (eds.): The place of terror . History of the National Socialist Concentration Camps. Volume 3: Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald. CH Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-52963-1 , p. 49.
- ↑ Execution using the Estrapade [1]