Johann Niemann in his room at the Bernburg T4 facility
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Johann Niemann at the Bernburg "euthanasia" center

Staff member Johann Niemann in his room at the Bernburg "euthanasia" center. For the picture, he turned his family photo on the bedside table in the direction of the photographer. Niemann later became the deputy commandant of Sobibor, one of three "Operation Reinhard" killing centers.  


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  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Bildungswerk Stanislaw-Hantz
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