A man with short dark hair and light skin tone stands on a balcony while smoking and balancing a rifle on his shoulder. He appears to be wearing a white tank top and dark pants. Buildings can be seen in the background.
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Plaszow camp commandant Amon Göth

Nazi SS Officer Amon Göth, the infamous commandant of the Plaszow camp in German-occupied Poland, on the balcony of his home near the camp. Kraków, Poland, between February 1943 and September 1944.


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  • USHMM, courtesy of Leopold Page Photographic Collection
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum

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