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Jews wearing armbands are forced to shovel snow from the pavement in Krakow.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 07122

Jews wearing armbands are forced to shovel snow from the pavement in Krakow.

Overview

Caption: Jews wearing armbands are forced to shovel snow from the pavement in Krakow.
Date: Circa 1940
Locale: Krakow, [Krakow] Poland
Variant Locale: Krakau
Cracow
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Archiwum Panstwowe w Krakowie

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: Archiwum Panstwowe w Krakowie

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: Stadthauptamt der Stadt Krakau, Propaganda und Kultur

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ARMBANDS FORCED LABOR/BRIGADES GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWS (POLISH) KRAKOW STREET CLEANING WINTER SCENES
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- KRAKOW (Poland) -- Labor/Forced Labor

Record last modified:: 1998-02-18 00:00:00
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