Jewish men are forced to shave the beards of other religious Jews while SS men watch in amusement.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 18583

Overview

Caption: Jewish men are forced to shave the beards of other religious Jews while SS men watch in amusement.

The caption of the SS-Archiv says "Reinrassige Juden bei Schoenheitspflege in Palinin (?) Okt. 1941" (Purebred Jews during beauty care in Palinin (?) Oct. 1941).
Date: October 1941
Locale: Poland
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Philip Drell
Event History: The photograph is taken from a photo album of SS officer Max Schmidt. It was found in the SS compound near Dachau by American army photographer Philip Drell after the American liberation of the camp. Drell observed a procession of wagons leaving the camp carrying bodies for burial going down a street called SS Strasse. He followed the wagons and noticed that on that street there were very handsome apartment buildings. In order not to sleep in Dachau at night he took over an apartment which had been occupied by Max Schmidt and discovered the album and other abandoned artifacts there.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005507.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Philip Drell

Keyword: ARMBANDS BEARD/SIDELOCK-SHAVING GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWS (POLISH) PUBLIC HUMILIATION SS (SCHUTZSTAFFELN)
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (UNIDENTIFIED) -- Public Humiliation/Propaganda