German police execute Poles at the edge of the Uzbornia Grove just outside of Bochnia.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 98093

Overview

Caption: German police execute Poles at the edge of the Uzbornia Grove just outside of Bochnia.

The original caption in Polish reads:

"From a series of Nazi crimes during the occupation of Poland

The forest near Bochnia
Execution in the forest...

Published by the Jewish Historical Commission of Katowice"

This widely circulated copy print (see WS# 73831) is one found by Jacob Igra in an apartment in Sosnowiec after the war. Many of the photographs are believed to have been taken by a soldier with the SD-SIPO (Sicherheitspolizei) following the invasion of Poland in 1939. Additional photographs depict einsatzgruppen activities at sites throughout Nazi occupied Eastern Europe and are likely later additions to the album.
Date: 1939 December 16
Locale: Bochnia, [Krakow] Poland ?
Variant Locale: Salzberg
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jacob Igra

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Jacob Igra

Source Record ID: Collections: 2007.85

Keyword: EXECUTION SITES EXECUTIONS POLES POLICE POLICE (GERMAN) SHOOTINGS WINTER SCENES
Photo Designation: EINSATZGRUPPEN/MASS MURDER -- Einsatzgruppen Aktionen -- Poland