Media Essay
Nazi Camps - Photograph
Prisoners at forced labor in Dachau
German Jews at forced labor in Dachau. Photo taken during an SS inspection. Dachau concentration camp, Germany, June 28, 1938.
Item ViewMain entrance to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center
Main entrance to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. This photograph was taken some time after the liberation of the camp in January 1945. Poland, date uncertain.
Item ViewView of barracks in the Majdanek camp
A section of the prisoner barracks in the Majdanek camp. Photograph taken after the liberation of the camp in July 1944. Poland, date uncertain.
Item ViewDeportation of Jews from the Lodz ghetto to the Chelmno killing center
Jews from the Lodz ghetto are loaded onto freight trains for deportation to the Chelmno killing center. Lodz, Poland, 1942–44.
Item ViewDeportation from Westerbork
Deportation from the Westerbork transit camp. Members of the Jewish police are seen in the photograph. The Netherlands, 1943–44.
Item ViewForced labor in a quarry
Forced labor in the quarry of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Austria, date uncertain.
Item ViewWarning sign at the Breendonk camp
A sign outside the Breendonk transit camp warning that trespassers will be shot. Breendonk, Belgium, 1940-1944.
Item ViewArrival at Sachsenhausen
Shaving an inmate upon arrival at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Germany, February 1941.
Item ViewFlossenbürg concentration camp
View through the barbed wire of the prisoner barracks in the Flossenbürg concentration camp. Flossenbürg, Germany, 1942.
Item ViewGurs camp
View of the Gurs camp as photographed from a water tower. Gurs, France, ca. 1941.
Item ViewStone quarry in Gross-Rosen
View of the stone quarry in the Gross-Rosen camp, where prisoners were subjected to forced labor. Gross-Rosen, Germany, 1940-1945.
Item ViewJewish prisoners in the Drancy camp
Jewish prisoners in the Drancy transit camp. France, between 1941 and 1944.
Item ViewRavensbrück camp
Exterior view of barracks at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Ravensbrueck, Germany, between May 1939 and April 1945.
Item ViewArrival at Buchenwald
Newly arrived prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Buchenwald, Germany, 1938-1940.
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