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 the industrial section of the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1944.
Item ViewA group of women prisoners in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewPrisoner forced laborers crowd around containers of food. Plaszow labor camp, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewJewish prisoners at forced labor in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewJewish prisoners at forced labor in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewView of part of the Plaszow concentration camp in occupied Poland, showing an entrance gate. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewJewish prisoners at forced labor in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewJewish prisoners at forced labor in the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewView of a section of the Plaszow concentration camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943–1944.
Item ViewA section of barbed-wire fencing surrounding the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-44.
Item ViewView of the entrance to the Plaszow camp. Plaszow, Poland, 1943-1944.
Item ViewWomen prisoners pull dumpcars filled with stones in the camp quarry. Plaszow camp, Poland, 1944.
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