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Scene during the deportation of Jews in occupied Poland. Place and date uncertain.
A still from period film footage depicting the deportation of Jews from an unidentified ghetto. Photograph taken between October 1940 and May 1943.
Jews being deported from the Warsaw ghetto are forced to board a freight train. Warsaw, Poland, July-September 1942.
Jews being deported from the Warsaw ghetto board a freight train. Warsaw, Poland, July-September 1942.
A Jewish woman during a deportation from the Warsaw ghetto. Warsaw, Poland, between October 1940 and May 1943.
Deportation of Jewish women from the Warsaw ghetto. Poland, 1942-1943.
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