Photograph of German Soldiers Marching Through Piotrkow Trybunalski Ghetto in Poland

Authors

Object ID

2021.1.14

Object Name

Photograph

Date

1941

Files

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Description

Group of soldiers walk through the streets of a Jewish Ghetto with a skull and bones sign visible in the foreground.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Piotrkow Trybunalski was the first ghetto established by the Germans 38 days after the invasion of Poland on October 8, 1939. A ghetto sign with skull and bones is clearly visible. This period photograph was removed from a soldier’s album.

Dimensions

2 3/4 x 4"

Keywords

Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland

Subcollection

Ghettos, Polenaktion

Recommended Citation

"Photograph of German Soldiers Marching Through Piotrkow Trybunalski Ghetto in Poland" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2021.1.14.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1716