Washing and shaving newly arrived Polish prisoners in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 31177

Overview

Caption: Washing and shaving newly arrived Polish prisoners in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Date: 1940
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert A. Schmuhl

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Robert A. Schmuhl

Source Record ID: Collections: 1995.A.1119

Second Record ID: Collections: RG-10.137
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Source Record ID: 324.880
Published Source: The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust... - Berenbaum, Michael - Little, Brown and Company - p. 147

Keyword: ARRIVAL BARRACKS BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS DISINFECTION FENCES GUARDS HEAD-SHAVING HINZERT POLES PRISONERS SS (SCHUTZSTAFFELN)
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- PREWAR/WARTIME -- Prisoners/Daily Life