He also forced prisoners to lie stomach down on a table, then with the woman’s head hanging over one edge, he would grab her hair and plunge her head into a bucket of water until she nearly drowned, repeating the action several times. If a woman still refused to talk he might have her fold her hands while pencils were inserted between the fingers. Then he would press down on her hands so hard that the fingers broke, if she didn’t pass out first. He kept his favourite torture devices under lock and key, including a coffin with closing ventilation holes and claws – metal teeth of some kind –
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