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Portrait of Lejb Langweil holding an ax in front of a wood pile.

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    Portrait of Lejb Langweil holding an ax in front of a wood pile.
    Portrait of Lejb Langweil holding an ax in front of a wood pile. The Germans took pictures of Langweil to send home to their friends and family to show what a Jew looks like. He worked as a cleaner at the police station. When three prominent Jews were forced to clean there, Langweil was told to supervise them. Instead, he did the work for them, saying that the work was unsuitable for men of their stature.

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    Portrait of Lejb Langweil holding an ax in front of a wood pile.

    The Germans took pictures of Langweil to send home to their friends and family to show what a Jew looks like. He worked as a cleaner at the police station. When three prominent Jews were forced to clean there, Langweil was told to supervise them. Instead, he did the work for them, saying that the work was unsuitable for men of their stature.
    Date
    1940 November 15
    Locale
    Kolbuszowa, [Rzeszow; Rzeszow] Poland
    Variant Locale
    Kolbishov
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Norman Salsitz

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Norman Salsitz
    Source Record ID: Collections: 2003.425.1

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    2001-01-28 00:00:00
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