The Tower of London and Traitors Gate. In the Middle ages, torture was carried out in its chambers A Torture chamber is a place where torture is carried out. Download high resolution version (1417x1296, 233 KB)Tower of London, seen from the river, with a view of Traitors Gate, created by Viki Male 17/09/03 16:38 © This image is copyrighted. ...
Download high resolution version (1417x1296, 233 KB)Tower of London, seen from the river, with a view of Traitors Gate, created by Viki Male 17/09/03 16:38 © This image is copyrighted. ...
The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
Torture is defined by the United Nations Convention Against Torture as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he...
Torture chambers through history Throughout history torture chambers have been used in a multiplicity of ways starting from Roman times. Torture chamber use during the Middle Ages was frequent. Religious, social and political persecution led to the widespread use of torture during that time. Torture chambers were also used during the Spanish Inquisition and at the Tower of London.[1][2][3] Torture is defined by the United Nations Convention Against Torture as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he...
Saint Dominic (1170 – August 6, 1221) Presiding over an Auto-da-fe, by Pedro Berruguete, (1450 - 1504). ...
Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically simply as The Tower), is a historic monument in central London, England on the north bank of the River Thames. ...
Torture chambers in modern times
Nazi Germany and South America The traditional torture users of modern times have been dictatorship governments, such as, for example, the Nazis and the Chilean dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet as well as other South American regimes.[4] These regimes have also used torture chambers.[5][6] The isolation felt inside the Nazi torture chambers was so strong that author, and victim, K. Zetnik, during his testimony at the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem in 1961, has described them as another galaxy. Forms of government Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box: A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by a dictator. ...
The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (November 25, 1915–December 10, 2006) was a general who was military dictator and President of Chile from 1973 to 1990. ...
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Adolf Eichmann (March 19, 1906 — June 1, 1962) was a high-ranking official in Nazi Germany, and served as an Obersturmbannführer in the S.S.. He was largely responsible for the logistics of the extermination of millions of people during the Holocaust, in particular Jews, which was called...
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1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...
Torture is the intentional infliction of severe physical or psychological torment as an expression of cruelty, a means of intimidation, deterrent, revenge or punishment, or as a tool for the extraction of information or confessions. ...
Europe Use of torture chambers was also reported in Europe during the Greek military junta years.[7] Alexandros Panagoulis was one example of a person tortured at the EAT/ESA (Greek Military Police) interrogation cell units.[7] Another example of a torture chamber, not known by many, is "The Thieves Tower" in the Alsace region of France. Once a tower used for torture it now is a small museum displaying instruments used upon the prisoners to get them to confess crime.[8] The Phoenix rising from its flames and the silhouette of the soldier bearing a rifle with fixed bayonet was the emblem of the Junta. ...
Alexandros Panagoulis (Greek ΑλÎξανδÏος ΠαναγοÏλης) (2 July 1939 – 1 May 1976) was a Greek politician and poet. ...
The Greek Military Police (Greek: Ελληνική ΣτÏατιωτική Αστυνομία (ΕΣΑ), generally known in English by the acronym ESA (Elliniki Stratiotiki Astinomia) was the main security (secret police) and intelligence organisation during the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. ...
Culture
Literature In George Orwell's famous novel 1984, Room 101 is a torture chamber. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ...
Nineteen Eighty-Four (commonly written as 1984) is a dystopian novel by the English writer George Orwell, published in 1949. ...
Room 101 is a place introduced in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. ...
Film In film the torture chamber is also known as the chamber of horrors with the word horror implying torture as well as murder or a combination of both. A good example is the torture chamber depicted in the classic horror film the Pit and the Pendulum. The Pit and the Pendulum is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. ...
List of chamber related films Chamber of Horrors is a 1966 horror film directed by Hy Averback and starring Patrick ONeal, Cesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Laurat Devon. ...
Hostel (2005) is director Eli Roths second feature film. ...
The Greek Military Police (Greek: Ελληνική ΣτÏατιωτική Αστυνομία (ΕΣΑ), generally known in English by the acronym ESA (Elliniki Stratiotiki Astinomia) was the main security (secret police) and intelligence organisation during the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. ...
Promotional poster for Saw III. The Saw film series is a popular horror film franchise created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. ...
Cultural resonance Aside from its dictionary definition the term has great cultural resonance, because it transforms an abstract concept (Torture) into a real place (Torture chamber), and is an integral part of pop culture. Related exhibits can also be found in places such as Niagara Falls, Las Vegas etc., attracting millions of tourists each year. Also Torture Chamber is a song by hip hop artist Edan from his 2005 album Beauty and the Beat. A concept is an abstract, universal psychical entity that serves to designate a category or class of entities, events or relations. ...
Torture is defined by the United Nations Convention Against Torture as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he...
Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...
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Beauty and the Beat is the 2005 release from Boston rapper Edan. ...
Cited references
See also Torture is the intentional infliction of severe physical or psychological torment as an expression of cruelty, a means of intimidation, deterrent, revenge or punishment, or as a tool for the extraction of information or confessions. ...
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External links - Fort Breendonk (Nazi Camp): Pictorial essay. Mentions local torture chamber
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