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  • German Order Policeman in occupied Lodz

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    Bernhardt Colberg, a member of Reserve Police Battalion 101, poses in front of its headquarters in the vicinity of Lodz in German-occupied Poland. The police battalions were units of the German Order Police who were deployed to German-occupied areas of Europe during World War II. Photo dated 1940–1941.

    German Order Policeman in occupied Lodz
  • German Order Policemen publicly humiliate Jews

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    Members of the German Order Police publicly humiliate a group of Jews by forcing them to perform exercises, 1939–1940. Sosnowiec, in German-occupied Poland.

    German Order Policemen publicly humiliate Jews
  • German Order Policemen stand guard over a group of Jewish men

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    Members of the German Order Police stand guard over a group of Orthodox Jewish men, 1942. The men have been rounded-up either for forced labor or public humiliation. Krakow, in German-occupied Poland.

    German Order Policemen stand guard over a group of Jewish men
  • German Order Police during the expulsion of Jews from Sieradz

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    A member of the German Order Police raises a stick to beat a Jew who is loading his bundles onto a wagon during expulsion from the community of Sieradz in German-occupied Poland. Photo dated 1940–1942.

    German Order Police during the expulsion of Jews from Sieradz
  • German police search a Jewish man at gunpoint

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    German policemen search an elderly, religious Jew at gunpoint in German-occupied Poland, circa 1941.

    German police search a Jewish man at gunpoint
  • Order Police Battalion 101

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    German Order Police officers inspect members of Police Battalion 101 in Lodz after the German occupation of Poland, 1939–1943.

    Order Police Battalion 101
  • Prewar photo of the extended Kracowski family

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    The Kracowski family was living in Bialystok when German Order Police Battalion 309 killed 2,000-3,000 Jews on June 27, 1941. Dr. Samuel Kracowski was among the hundreds of Jews locked in the Great Synagogue and burned alive. After the Germans ordered the establishment of a ghetto in Bialystok, Samuel's wife, Esther, and children, Ewa and Julek, were given a room in the ghetto clinic. Photo dated September 1, 1935. Samuel and Esther are seated in the center, with Julek seated in the front row on the…

    Prewar photo of the extended Kracowski family
  • German Order Police Battalion 101

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    A member of the German Order Police Battalion 101 stands next to a sign marking the entrance to the Lodz ghetto in German-occupied Poland, 1940–1941. The German text of the sign reads: "Announcement: In accordance with a police order of February 8, 1940, all Germans and Poles are forbidden entry into the ghetto area."

    German Order Police Battalion 101
  • Manzanar

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    Manzanar relocation center for Japanese Americans, photographed by Ansel Adams. Bird's-eye view of the grounds from the guard tower.

    Manzanar
  • Refugee camp in Zbaszyn

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    View of Zbaszyn, the site of a refugee camp for Jews of Polish nationality who were expelled from Germany.  The Jewish refugees, hungry and cold, were stranded on the border, denied admission into Poland after their expulsion from Germany. Photograph taken between October 28, 1938, and August 1939.  Warsaw-based historian, political activist, and social welfare worker Emanuel Ringelblum spent five weeks in Zbaszyn, organizing assistance for the refugees trapped on the border.

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    Refugee camp in Zbaszyn

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