The execution of twenty prisoners from Buchenwald, most of them Jews, in the forest near the camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 50868

Overview

Caption: The execution of twenty prisoners from Buchenwald, most of them Jews, in the forest near the camp.

The prisoners were hanged in retaliation for the murder of a German guard or policeman, and the entire camp was forced to view the hanging corpses.
Date: 1942 - 1943
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of David Mendels

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: David Mendels

Source Record ID: Collections: 2006.145
Instytut Pamieci Narodowej

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Edward Mankowski

Source Record ID: 16548
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Source Record ID: Germany 1933-45: Buchenwald 94
Published Source: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald - Thuringer Volksverlag - p.117

Keyword: BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS EXECUTION SITES EXECUTIONS FORESTS HANGINGS JEWS PRISONERS SS (SCHUTZSTAFFELN)
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- PREWAR/WARTIME -- Death/Burial/Execution