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Portrait of a Romani prisoner wearing an armband.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 07077
Portrait of a Romani prisoner wearing an armband. Behind him Romani families sit in an open area within the fenced-off boundaries of the Belzec concentration camp. The prisoner may be Jozef Kwiek, the self-proclaimed King of Polish Roma.

Portrait of a Romani prisoner wearing an armband.

Behind him Romani families sit in an open area within the fenced-off boundaries of the Belzec concentration camp.

The prisoner may be Jozef Kwiek, the self-proclaimed King of Polish Roma.

Date
1940
Locale
Belzec, [Lublin; Tomaszow Lubelski] Poland
Variant Locale
Belzhets
Beltzec
Photo Designation
ROMANIES -- Nazi Repression -- Concentration Camps/Ghettos -- Belzec
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jerzy Ficowski

Keywords and Subjects

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Jerzy Ficowski
Published Source
The Gypsies in Poland: History and Customs - Ficowski , Jerzy - Interpress Publishers - no.98
 
Record last modified: 2021-04-09 00:00:00
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