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Hungary after the German Occupation - Photographs

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Portrait of members of a Hungarian Jewish family

Portrait of members of a Hungarian Jewish family. [LCID: 07606]

Portrait of members of a Hungarian Jewish family. They were deported to and killed in Auschwitz soon after this photo was taken. Kapuvar, Hungary, June 8, 1944.

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Investigating crimes against Jews in Budapest

Families and friends of Jewish victims killed in the Budapest ghetto search for the exhumed corpses of friends and relatives. [LCID: 68618]

Members of the Commission for the Investigation of Nazi and Arrow Cross Atrocities examine the exhumed corpses of Jews killed in the Budapest ghetto. Budapest, Hungary, likely February–March, 1945.

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Victims of SS and Arrow Cross terror in the Budapest ghetto

Victims of German SS and Hungarian Arrow Cross terror in the ghetto, found in the courtyard of the Pestor synagogue on Dohany Street. [LCID: 66006]

Victims of German SS and Hungarian Arrow Cross terror in the Budapest ghetto. The bodies were found in the courtyard of the Pestor synagogue on Dohany Street. Budapest, Hungary, January 1945.

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Execution on the banks of the Danube River

A group of executed victims lay on a slight hill. Two uniformed people stand at the top of the hill and another uniformed person stands in the foreground.

Arrow Cross Party members execute Jews along the banks of the Danube River. Budapest, Hungary, 1944.

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Synagogue used as a warehouse

A synagogue used as a warehouse for the belongings of deported Jews. [LCID: 66000b]

A synagogue used as a warehouse for the belongings of deported Jews. Szeged ghetto, Hungary, 1944.

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Deserted street in Sighet Marmatiei

View of a deserted street. The street is made of dirt with a large puddle close to the camera. The surrounding buildings are battered and dirty.

A deserted street in the area of the Sighet Marmatiei ghetto. This photograph was taken after the deportation of the ghetto population. Sighet Marmatiei, Hungary, May 1944.

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Deportation from Szeged

Jewish residents of the Szeged ghetto assemble for deportation. [LCID: 37207]

Jewish residents of the Szeged ghetto assemble for deportation. Szeged, Hungary, June 1944.

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Jews from Hungary on their way to the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau

A crowded line of women and children. Most are wearing patches of the Star of David pinned to their heavy coats.

Jewish women and children who have been selected for death at the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center walk toward the gas chambers. This photograph is one of many taken in late spring/summer 1944 as SS photographers documented the arrival, selection, and registration of transports of Jews from Hungary at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

This photograph is from the Auschwitz Album (also called the “Lili Jacob Album,” after the Holocaust survivor who found it).

 

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Selection of Jews from Hungary at Auschwitz

A large group of people in two groups stand near empty train tracks. Guards survey the groups. The Auschwitz II-Birkenau gatehouse can be seen in the background.

A photograph of Jews from Hungary who have just arrived at the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in 1944. They are standing in two lines in an area of Birkenau known as "the ramp," about to undergo the selection process. Women, teenage girls, and young children are in one line. In the other line are men and teenage boys. In the background, the main gate to Auschwitz-Birkenau is visible.

This photograph is from the Auschwitz Album (also called the “Lili Jacob Album,” after the Holocaust survivor who found it).

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Arrival at Auschwitz

Several people exit a cattle train car. Most are wearing heavy coats, hats, and other outerwear. A few people can be seen wearing Star of David patches.

A photograph of Jews from Hungary who have just arrived at the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in 1944. They are disembarking the freight train on which they had been transported to the camp in inhumane conditions.

This photograph is from the Auschwitz Album (also called the “Lili Jacob Album,” after the Holocaust survivor who found it).

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Deporting Hungarian Jews

Deportation of Hungarian Jews. Koszeg, Hungary, May 1944. [LCID: 68629c]

Jewish deportees marching down a main street of Koszeg during the deportation of Hungarian Jews. Koszeg, Hungary, May 1944.

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Checking identification papers in the Munkacs ghetto

Guards check the identification papers of women entering the ghetto in Munkacs, in a part of Czechoslovakia annexed by Hungary in ... [LCID: 74260]

Guards check the identification papers of women entering the ghetto in Munkacs, in a part of Czechoslovakia annexed by Hungary in 1938. Czechoslovakia, 1944.

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