A German officer questions civilians on a street that has sustained heavy damages during the invasion of Poland.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 98087

Overview

Caption: A German officer questions civilians on a street that has sustained heavy damages during the invasion of Poland.

This image is one contained in an album found by Jacob Igra in an apartment in Sosnowiec after the war. Many of the photographs are believed to have been taken by a soldier with the SD-SIPO (Sicherheitspolizei) following the invasion of Poland in 1939. Additional photographs depict einsatzgruppen activities at sites throughout Nazi occupied Eastern Europe and may have been later additions to the album.
Date: After 1939 September 01
Locale: Poland?
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jacob Igra

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Jacob Igra

Source Record ID: Collections: 2007.85

Keyword: POLES RUINS/RUBBLE SD/SIPO/GESTAPO SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) STREET SCENES
Photo Designation: INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Poland -- GENERAL -- Daily Life/Deprivation/Destruction of Towns