Poignant Photos of WWII Time
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4. A famous photograph of the execution of the last Jew in Vinnytsia, made by an officer of the German Einsatzgruppen, who was engaged in the executions of people that were to be destroyed (Jews first of all). The title of the photo was written on the reverse side.
Vinnytsia was occupied by German troops on July 19, 1941. A part of the Jews living in the city managed to evacuate. The remaining ones were enclosed in a ghetto. On July 28, 1941, 146 Jews were shot in the city. In August, executions resumed… On September 22, 1941, most prisoners of the Vinnytsia ghetto were destroyed (about 28.000 people). Only craftsmen, workers and technicians stayed alive as their work was needed to the German occupation authorities.
8. SS soldiers guarding the column of captive Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. The liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto after an uprising.
The photo is taken from Jürgen Stroop’s report to Heinrich Himmler in May of 1943. The German original title reads: “forcibly pushed out of the shelter”. One of the most famous photographs of World War II period.
9. Faye Schulman and Soviet partisans in the forest. Faye Schulman was born in a large family in Poland on November 28, 1919. On August 14, 1942 the Germans killed 1850 Jews from the Lenin ghetto, including her parents, sister and younger brother. They spared only 26 people, one of them was Faye. Later she fled to the forests and joined the partisan group, consisting mainly of fugitive Soviet prisoners of war.
12. Soviet prisoners of war murdered on the streets of Kiev. One of them is dressed in a tunic and breeches, the other one is in underwear. Both are unshod, feet are dirty as they walked barefoot. Both have exhausted faces. Eyewitnesses recall that when prisoners were driven along the streets of Kiev, guards shot those who could not walk.
The picture is taken by German war photographer Johannes Hele 10 days after the fall of Kiev.
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Posted on June 13, 2011 by jencha
A selection of photos from one Russian site which gathered a lot of amazing and high-quality images of World War II time.
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1. The Jews tied up and secured by Lithuanian secondary guards. 1941.
2. The column of Jewish women and children under the escort of Lithuanian “self-defense”. 1941. Lithuania, the USSR.
3. The Jewish residents of Siauliai before being sent to be shot. July 1941, Lithuania, the USSR.
4. A famous photograph of the execution of the last Jew in Vinnytsia, made by an officer of the German Einsatzgruppen, who was engaged in the executions of people that were to be destroyed (Jews first of all). The title of the photo was written on the reverse side.
Vinnytsia was occupied by German troops on July 19, 1941. A part of the Jews living in the city managed to evacuate. The remaining ones were enclosed in a ghetto. On July 28, 1941, 146 Jews were shot in the city. In August, executions resumed… On September 22, 1941, most prisoners of the Vinnytsia ghetto were destroyed (about 28.000 people). Only craftsmen, workers and technicians stayed alive as their work was needed to the German occupation authorities.
5. Slovak Jews being sent to Auschwitz. March 1942, Poprad Station, Slovakia.
6. Rabbis in Auschwitz.
7. Jewish rabbis in the Warsaw Ghetto.
8. SS soldiers guarding the column of captive Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. The liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto after an uprising.
The photo is taken from Jürgen Stroop’s report to Heinrich Himmler in May of 1943. The German original title reads: “forcibly pushed out of the shelter”. One of the most famous photographs of World War II period.
9. Faye Schulman and Soviet partisans in the forest. Faye Schulman was born in a large family in Poland on November 28, 1919. On August 14, 1942 the Germans killed 1850 Jews from the Lenin ghetto, including her parents, sister and younger brother. They spared only 26 people, one of them was Faye. Later she fled to the forests and joined the partisan group, consisting mainly of fugitive Soviet prisoners of war.
10. The rank of Red Army prisoners of war. 1941.
The caption says: “A woman stands among captive Soviet soldiers – even she stopped resisting. This is the woman who made Soviet soldiers fiercely resist till the last bullet. ”
11. A German patrol caught two disguised Soviet soldiers. September 1941, Kiev, Ukraine.
12. Soviet prisoners of war murdered on the streets of Kiev. One of them is dressed in a tunic and breeches, the other one is in underwear. Both are unshod, feet are dirty as they walked barefoot. Both have exhausted faces. Eyewitnesses recall that when prisoners were driven along the streets of Kiev, guards shot those who could not walk.
The picture is taken by German war photographer Johannes Hele 10 days after the fall of Kiev.
13. Soviet prisoners of war under the supervision of the SS men cover a piece of Babi Yar with sand so that to bury those who were shot. The picture is taken by Johannes Hele 10 days after the fall of Kiev.
Babi Yar is a large ravine on the northern edge of Kiev which achieved notoriety as a place of mass executions of civilians and prisoners of war carried by German occupying forces. Here were shot 752 patients of Pavlov Psychiatric Hospital, at least 40.000 Jews, about 100 sailors of the Pinsk Military Flotilla, arrested partisans, political workers, underground workers, members of the NKVD, 621 members of the OUN, at least 5 gypsy camps. According to various estimates, from 70.000 to 200.000 people were shot at Babi Yar in 1941-1943.
Half covered with sand trees and shrubs at the bottom indicate that the slopes of the ravine were blown up. Some of the prisoners are in civilian clothes. These are probably those who managed to change clothes when escaping from captivity but who were detected. Along the edges of the ravine are the SS guards with rifles on shoulders and helmets on belts.
Posted on June 13, 2011 by jencha
A selection of photos from one Russian site which gathered a lot of amazing and high-quality images of World War II time.
Advertisement:
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1. The Jews tied up and secured by Lithuanian secondary guards. 1941.
2. The column of Jewish women and children under the escort of Lithuanian “self-defense”. 1941. Lithuania, the USSR.
3. The Jewish residents of Siauliai before being sent to be shot. July 1941, Lithuania, the USSR.
4. A famous photograph of the execution of the last Jew in Vinnytsia, made by an officer of the German Einsatzgruppen, who was engaged in the executions of people that were to be destroyed (Jews first of all). The title of the photo was written on the reverse side.
Vinnytsia was occupied by German troops on July 19, 1941. A part of the Jews living in the city managed to evacuate. The remaining ones were enclosed in a ghetto. On July 28, 1941, 146 Jews were shot in the city. In August, executions resumed… On September 22, 1941, most prisoners of the Vinnytsia ghetto were destroyed (about 28.000 people). Only craftsmen, workers and technicians stayed alive as their work was needed to the German occupation authorities.
5. Slovak Jews being sent to Auschwitz. March 1942, Poprad Station, Slovakia.
6. Rabbis in Auschwitz.
7. Jewish rabbis in the Warsaw Ghetto.
8. SS soldiers guarding the column of captive Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. The liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto after an uprising.
The photo is taken from Jürgen Stroop’s report to Heinrich Himmler in May of 1943. The German original title reads: “forcibly pushed out of the shelter”. One of the most famous photographs of World War II period.
9. Faye Schulman and Soviet partisans in the forest. Faye Schulman was born in a large family in Poland on November 28, 1919. On August 14, 1942 the Germans killed 1850 Jews from the Lenin ghetto, including her parents, sister and younger brother. They spared only 26 people, one of them was Faye. Later she fled to the forests and joined the partisan group, consisting mainly of fugitive Soviet prisoners of war.
10. The rank of Red Army prisoners of war. 1941.
The caption says: “A woman stands among captive Soviet soldiers – even she stopped resisting. This is the woman who made Soviet soldiers fiercely resist till the last bullet. ”
11. A German patrol caught two disguised Soviet soldiers. September 1941, Kiev, Ukraine.
12. Soviet prisoners of war murdered on the streets of Kiev. One of them is dressed in a tunic and breeches, the other one is in underwear. Both are unshod, feet are dirty as they walked barefoot. Both have exhausted faces. Eyewitnesses recall that when prisoners were driven along the streets of Kiev, guards shot those who could not walk.
The picture is taken by German war photographer Johannes Hele 10 days after the fall of Kiev.
13. Soviet prisoners of war under the supervision of the SS men cover a piece of Babi Yar with sand so that to bury those who were shot. The picture is taken by Johannes Hele 10 days after the fall of Kiev.
Babi Yar is a large ravine on the northern edge of Kiev which achieved notoriety as a place of mass executions of civilians and prisoners of war carried by German occupying forces. Here were shot 752 patients of Pavlov Psychiatric Hospital, at least 40.000 Jews, about 100 sailors of the Pinsk Military Flotilla, arrested partisans, political workers, underground workers, members of the NKVD, 621 members of the OUN, at least 5 gypsy camps. According to various estimates, from 70.000 to 200.000 people were shot at Babi Yar in 1941-1943.
Half covered with sand trees and shrubs at the bottom indicate that the slopes of the ravine were blown up. Some of the prisoners are in civilian clothes. These are probably those who managed to change clothes when escaping from captivity but who were detected. Along the edges of the ravine are the SS guards with rifles on shoulders and helmets on belts.
15. A captive Soviet colonel. The Barvenkovsky Region.
In late May of 1942, the 6th and the 57th Soviet armies were surrounded by the enemy near Barvenkovo. As a result of an unsuccessful attack, about 170.000 soldiers and officers of the Red Army were killed and taken prisoners.
