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Robert Häusser
Studentenkarzer, Heidelberg
1970s
Gelatin silver print
17.5 x 34.5 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction 110, 19th - 21st Century Photography, 6 December 2017, Lot: 4177
LL/78579
Since the Middle Ages universities had their own independent jurisdiction and their own jails. All students and staff were subject to this jurisdiction. The image offered here shows one of the oldest preserved student karzers in Germany in Heidelberg, famous for its excessive graffiti. It was still used until the early part of the 20th century.
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