Auschwitz Photographs: Prisoners, Possessions & Death
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Piles of prayer shawls that belonged to Jewish victims, found after the liberation of the Auschwitz camp -
Postcard mailed from Auschwitz to Lublin -
Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue is the only synagogue in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) to have survived World War II. Prior to the War, there were roughly twenty houses of worship. -
Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue: Fully restored to its pre-war condition -
A transport of Jews on their way to Auschwitz -
Forced labor at the construction of a Krupp's factory in Auchwitz -
Prisoners' orchestra during a Sunday concert for the SS-men. The orchestra was likely conducted by inmate Franciszek Nierychlo -
Exhibit of prisoners' shoes at Auschwitz -
Luggage taken from prisoners at Auschwitz -
Collection of crutches, artificial limbs and other possessions taken from disabled prisoners -
Cannisters of Zyklon B used in gas chambers at Auschwitz -
Death in Auschwitz's forbidden zone -
Bales of hair cut from female prisoners, discovered at Auschwitz following its liberation in January 1945. -
A Jewish woman from Greece on the Birkenau platform. -
Hungarian Jews Arrive at Birkenau -
Jews at the Birkenau platform waiting for the death-life selection; most were sent directly to the gas chambers. -
Jews at the Birkenau platform waiting for the death-life selection; most were sent directly to the gas chambers. -
Female prisoners in Birkenau marched to forced labor at the IG Farben chemical factory -
The unaware last walk to the gas chamber at Birkenau -
The unaware last walk to the gas chamber at Birkenau -
Hungarian Jewish women in Birkenau. Some female prisoners were subject to heinous experiments. -
The group on the right was selected for the gas chambers at Birkenau
Sources:
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Auschwitz/Oswiecim photos courtesy of the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation; Shoah - The Holocaust; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Mitchell Bard
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