A burial procession in the Warsaw ghetto cemetery.
- Photographer
- Heinrich Joest
- Date
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1941 September 19
- Locale
- Warsaw, Poland
- Variant Locale
- Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau - Photo Designation
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GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- WARSAW (Poland) -- Death/Burial -- Cemeteries/Mass Graves/Funerals
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Guenther Schwarberg
A burial procession in the Warsaw ghetto cemetery.
Joest's original caption reads: "This was a 'better' sort of funeral. The corpse was not put on a car but was carried wrapped in a shroud. A small procession of relatives followed behind. Evidently a well-do-do family - up to that point."
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Record last modified: 2006-09-11 00:00:00
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