Illustrations of Auschwitz by David Olere

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.441b

Object Name

Print

Date

1946

Files

Description

An illustration of a shirtless man dragging the naked bodies of a woman and child out of a room of corpses.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Prints of sketches by David Olere based upon his experiences as a Sonderkommando of Crematorium III at Auschwitz, emptying gas chambers and burning bodies in the ovens.

Dimensions

5 1/2 x 7 1/3"

Keywords

David Olere, Sonderkommando, crematorium, Auschwitz

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Illustrations of Auschwitz by David Olere" (1946). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.441b.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1149