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Polish peasants jeer as a Jew is forced to cut the beard of a fellow Jew.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 09019

Polish peasants jeer as a Jew is forced to cut the beard of a fellow Jew.

Overview

Caption: Polish peasants jeer as a Jew is forced to cut the beard of a fellow Jew.
Date: 1939 - 1940
Locale: Lodz, [Lodz] Poland
Variant Locale: Litzmannstadt
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Frank Morgens (Mieczyslaw Morgenstern)

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Frank Morgens (Mieczyslaw Morgenstern)

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BADGES BADGES (STAR OF DAVID) BEARD/SIDELOCK-SHAVING CLOSE-UPS GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWS (RELIGIOUS) LODZ PEASANTS POLES PUBLIC HUMILIATION SPECTATORS/AUDIENCES/BYSTANDERS
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- LODZ (Poland) -- Arrests/Searches/Public Humiliation

Record last modified:: 2001-11-26 00:00:00
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