Warsaw Ghetto photographs, 1940-1943
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 0.21 Linear Feet
- 1 boxes
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
This box contains 35 photographs from the Warsaw Ghetto. Most depict street scenes and people with personal possessions. Others display workers with machinery, and one surveys a wood-making class for students. Several offer insights into construction of the ghetto wall.
One rare photograph shows a group of Jewish men working to pave a street (Sleeve 9, photograph 1). A member of the Judenrat is shown overseeing this work. The Judenrat consisted of Jewish people implementing German decrees and directives. In the effort to prolong their own lives, the Judenrat often turned on Jewish people and, as a result, were despised by those in the ghetto.
Several individuals in these photographs are shown wearing a white armband and the Star of David (not visible in any photograph). All Jewish people, in the Warsaw Ghetto, were required by the Nazis to wear a white armband with the Star of David.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Terms of access:
None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.
- Location of this collection:
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The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122TampaFL33620-5400USA
