Members of an international commission investigating German war crimes visit Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 18021

Overview

Caption: Members of an international commission investigating German war crimes visit Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, is pictured in the center.

After the war, the donor, Naftali Saleschütz, assisted the work of the international commission headed by Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, that was engaged in investigating German war crimes. In this capacity, Naftali visited most of the concentration camps in Poland and photographed them extensively.
Photographer: Norman Salsitz
Date: April 1945
Locale: Auschwitz, [Upper Silesia] Poland
Variant Locale: Brzezinka
Birkenau
Auschwitz III
Monowitz
Auschwitz II
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Norman Salsitz

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Norman Salsitz

Source Record ID: Collections: 2003.425.1

Keyword: AUSCHWITZ BRITISH CLERGY/CHAPLAINS (CHRISTIAN) COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY CONCENTRATION CAMPS INSPECTIONS JOHNSON, HEWLETT KILLING CENTERS
Photo Designation: KILLING CENTERS -- Auschwitz -- LIBERATION -- Inspection/Investigation