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Polish men exhume corpses in a field in Warsaw.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 81763
Polish men exhume corpses in a field in Warsaw. The original caption reads: "The five pictures on this page are very depressing. I took them to show bodies being exhumed after the war in Warsaw from their burial places which were most anyplace after they were shot and killed."

Polish men exhume corpses in a field in Warsaw.

The original caption reads: "The five pictures on this page are very depressing. I took them to show bodies being exhumed after the war in Warsaw from their burial places which were most anyplace after they were shot and killed."

Date
Circa 1945 - 1946
Variant Locale
Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Poland
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Antionette Powell
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Biography
Stephen Olesnevich was the father of the donor. He served as Vice Consul of the United States in Warsaw, Poland between between 1945 and 1946.

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Antionette Powell
Source Record ID: Collections: 2007.466
 
Record last modified: 2015-04-30 00:00:00
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