Szydlow Ghetto

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.112

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Date

12-20-1940

Files

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Description

Front: Children smiling in a street that has been completely uprooted. Man wearing armband in background. Back: Verso: Newspaper clipping and caption taped to back. Associated Press Photo.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: AP wire photo with news clipping attached verso showing a sample of Jews forced to reside in the Szydlow Ghetto in Poland, recently occupied by the Nazis (December,1940). Pictured are the puzzled faces of the children, as well as adults in the background, one of whom is conspicuous by his white armband which he is required to wear.

Dimensions

7 x 9"

Keywords

Associated Press, Ghetto, Szydlow, Poland, Children, Armband

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Szydlow Ghetto" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.112.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/54