The Płaszów camp was established in 1942 under the authority of the SS and police leaders in Krakow (Cracow). Płaszów was initially a forced-labor camp for Jews, but became a concentration camp in 1944. The largest number of people confined there at any one time was more than 20,000. Thousands of people were killed in Płaszów, mostly by shooting.
View of a section of the Plaszow camp
View of the industrial section of the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1944.
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A group of women prisoners in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewPrisoner forced laborers crowd around containers of food.
Prisoner forced laborers crowd around containers of food. Plaszow labor camp, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewJewish prisoners at a Polish forced labor camp
Jewish prisoners at forced labor in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewJewish prisoners at a Polish forced labor camp
Jewish prisoners at forced labor in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
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View of part of the Plaszow concentration camp in occupied Poland, showing an entrance gate. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewJewish prisoners at a Polish forced labor camp
Jewish prisoners at forced labor in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewJewish prisoners at a Polish forced labor camp
Jewish prisoners at forced labor in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
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View of a section of the Plaszow concentration camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943–1944.
Item ViewBarbed-wire surrounding the Plaszow camp
A section of barbed-wire fencing surrounding the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-44.
Item ViewEntrance to the Plaszow camp
View of the entrance to the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewForced labor in Plaszow
Women prisoners pull dumpcars filled with stones in the camp quarry. Plaszow camp, Poland, 1944.
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