Auction 60 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Mar 20, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St. Jerusalem 9242209
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LOT 205:

Collection of Photographs - Concentration Camps Dachau, Buchenwald and Flossenbürg after Liberation - ca. 1945

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Thirty three photographs from the concentration camps Dachau, Buchenwald and Flossenbürg shortly after their liberation by American forces [1945].
1-29. Photographs from Dachau camp. Among others, the photographs document the crematoriums, the ovens, watch towers, barracks, gallows and other views. American soldiers appear in some photographs, as well as signs which were hung at the entrance to various sites, describing what has happened there (English).
Twenty four photographs sized 7.5X9.5 cm and five photographs of approx. 6X6 cm. Good condition. Ink stamps and traces of glue on the back of the large photographs. The small photographs are titled by hand on verso (English). Slight defects.
30-33. Three photographs from Buchenwald camp and one photograph from Flossenbürg camp. The photographs document the murdered prisoners as found by the liberators and are very disturbing.
Approx. 11.5X8.5 cm. Good condition. Titled by hand on the back (English). Ink stamp on the back of one photograph. Slight defects.
Enclosed is the book: Dachau Liberated, The Official Report by The U.S. Seventh Army, edited by Michael W. Perry. Published by Inkling Books, Seattle, 2000.

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