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Adolf Eichmann's false papers

False identification papers used by Adolf Eichmann while he was living in Argentina under the assumed name Ricardo Klement.

False identification papers used by Adolf Eichmann while he was living in Argentina under the assumed name Ricardo Klement.

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Franz Stangl

Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka killing center.

Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka killing center. 

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Klaus Barbie

SS Lieutenant Klaus Barbie in Nazi uniform. Barbie, responsible for atrocities against Jews and resistance activists in France, was known as the "Butcher of Lyon."

SS Lieutenant Klaus Barbie in Nazi uniform. Barbie, responsible for atrocities against Jews and resistance activists in France, was known as the "Butcher of Lyon." Germany, date uncertain.

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Simon Wiesenthal

Simon Wiesenthal, Holocaust survivor and an investigator of Nazi war criminals, tours a synagogue for refugee Jews in central Europe.

Simon Wiesenthal, Holocaust survivor and an investigator of Nazi war criminals, tours a synagogue for refugee Jews in central Europe. Place uncertain, 1946.

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