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
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Postcard mailed from Auschwitz to Lublin
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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.
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Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue: Fully restored to its pre-war condition
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A transport of Jews on their way to Auschwitz
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Forced labor at the construction of a Krupp's factory in Auchwitz
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Prisoners' orchestra during a Sunday concert for the SS-men. The orchestra was likely conducted by inmate Franciszek Nierychlo
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Exhibit of prisoners' shoes at Auschwitz
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Luggage taken from prisoners at Auschwitz
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Collection of crutches, artificial limbs and other possessions taken from disabled prisoners
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Cannisters of Zyklon B used in gas chambers at Auschwitz
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Death in Auschwitz's forbidden zone
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Bales of hair cut from female prisoners, discovered at Auschwitz following its liberation in January 1945.
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A Jewish woman from Greece on the Birkenau platform.
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Hungarian Jews Arrive at Birkenau
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Jews at the Birkenau platform waiting for the death-life selection; most were sent directly to the gas chambers.
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Jews at the Birkenau platform waiting for the death-life selection; most were sent directly to the gas chambers.
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Female prisoners in Birkenau marched to forced labor at the IG Farben chemical factory
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The unaware last walk to the gas chamber at Birkenau
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The unaware last walk to the gas chamber at Birkenau
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Hungarian Jewish women in Birkenau. Some female prisoners were subject to heinous experiments.
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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