Two malnourished children sit in the dirt eating from shallow plates. The one on the left is younger, almost toddler age, with short curly hair and medium skin tone wearing a large dark dress. The child on the right is older, with medium skin tone,  a head covering, and baggy clothes.
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Two children in the Warsaw ghetto

Children in the Warsaw ghetto in German-occupied Poland. This was photograph was taken by German soldier Willy Georg in summer 1941.


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  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rafael Scharf
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