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The emaciated corpse of a Jewish woman who perished in the Warsaw ghetto is carried to a mass grave.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 50802

The emaciated corpse of a Jewish woman who perished in the Warsaw ghetto is carried to a mass grave.

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Caption: The emaciated corpse of a Jewish woman who perished in the Warsaw ghetto is carried to a mass grave.
Date: November 1940 - 1943 May 16
Locale: Warsaw, Poland
Variant Locale: Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Instytut Pamieci Narodowej

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Photo Source: Instytut Pamieci Narodowej

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Zwiazek Bojownikow o Wolnosc i Demokracje

Source Record ID: 62918

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Keyword: CLOSE-UPS CORPSES CORPSES (REMOVAL OF) GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWS (POLISH) WARSAW WOMEN
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- WARSAW (Poland) -- Death/Burial -- Collecting the Dead/Death Notices

Record last modified:: 2006-12-04 00:00:00
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