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"The Auschwitz Album", Auschwitz-Birkenau, 26/05/1944

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An album known as "The Auschwitz Album" of photos taken by SS photographers in Auschwitz-Birkenau during the arrival of a transport of Hungarian Jews, including on 26/5/1944.
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Photographs documenting the arrival process of Hungarian Jews from different places on different dates during late-spring-summer 1944. It seems that the majority of the photos document the arrival of a transport of 2,600 Jews from the Beregszasz Ghetto on 26/5/1944. The photos were taken by order of the Auschwitz complex commandant Rudolf Hoess by the head of the SS ID department Bernhard Walter and his assistant Ernst Hoffmann. Its original German title “The resettlement of the Jews from Hungary” points at it purpose: To document a successful and efficient SS operation. Fifteen copies of the album were...
Archival Signature : 4522
Credit : Public Domain
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Archival Signature
4522
Name of Submitter
Lili Jacob
Source
Lili Jacob
Credit
Public Domain
Place
Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland
Quantity
Date of Accession
18/02/1994
Type of material
Album