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A Jewish man wearing a yellow star reads newly posted antisemitic regulations in Budapest. Hungary, 1944.
Families and friends of Jewish victims killed in the Budapest ghetto search for the exhumed corpses of friends and relatives. Budapest, Hungary, January, 1945.
Deportation of Jews from the Jozsefvarosi train station in Budapest. Hungary, November 1944.
Elderly Jews are transferred from their assigned houses to a ghetto area. Budapest, Hungary, November or December 1944.
Arrow Cross Party members execute Jews along the banks of the Danube River. Budapest, Hungary, 1944.
Members of the fascist Arrow Cross Party arrest Jews. Budapest, Hungary, October-December 1944.
Members of the Arrow Cross after taking power. Budapest, Hungary, October 1944.
Entrance to the courtyard, marked with a Star of David, of a building designated for Jews. Budapest, Hungary, after April 2, 1944.
Hungarian Jews with yellow stars, at the time of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto. Hungary, January 1945.
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