The sign on this streetcar in the Warsaw Ghetto says "For Jews" and "For Non-Jews"
Original wire photo of the Warsaw Ghetto, where conditions were miserable and the Jews (and other "undesirables") who'd been sent there fell into poor health.
Original wire photo of the Warsaw Ghetto, where conditions were miserable and the Jews (and other "undesirables") who'd been sent there fell into poor health.
Original wire photo of the Warsaw Ghetto, where conditions were miserable and the Jews (and other "undesirables") who'd been sent there fell into poor health.
This photograph was taken in the ghetto in Lublin, Poland, on January 14, 1941. It's likely that none of these children survived.
Original wire photo of the Warsaw Ghetto, where conditions were miserable and the Jews (and other "undesirables") who'd been sent there fell into poor health.
Children in the ghetto in Lublin, Poland, January 14, 1941. You don't have to look all that closely to see that the avuncular Nazi soldier who appears to be giving them friendly advice was altered or even added to the photo after the fact. AI slop, 1940s style.
Original wire photo of the Warsaw Ghetto, where conditions were miserable and the Jews (and other "undesirables") who'd been sent there fell into poor health.
Original wire photo of the Warsaw Ghetto, where conditions were miserable and the Jews (and other "undesirables") who'd been sent there fell into poor health.
This is a WWII-era German military post card (Feldpostkarte) sent from German-occupied Warsaw (Warschau) in the General Government territory of Occupied Poland to Munich, (München), Germany. The postmark is dated October 3, 1940. The sender, Albert Stein, was a Waffen SS member assigned to the Ostbahn SS/ Railway Administration, Warsaw Main Station. During World War II, the Ostbahn (the Nazi German Eastern Railway in occupied Poland) operated the transport system that carried hundreds of thousands of Jews from Warsaw to the Treblinka extermination camp. Trains run by the Ostbahn departed from Warsaw's notorious Umschlagplatz transfer point during the violent liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto
English translation of the message: "Hello Karl! Many greetings from Warsaw – also from Anton! [We] have almost completed the relocation of the Jews. Then things will be a bit quieter again. Please check what’s going on with [our] old comrades... and what’s happening at home. How is my little one doing? Greetings, Albert" Historical Context Ghetto Construction: October 1940 (the date of this postmark, October 3, 1940) was the exact month the official decree was issued to establish the Warsaw Ghetto (issued October 12, 1940). In the weeks leading up to and during October 1940, tens of thousands of Jewish residents across Warsaw were forced to relocate into the designated ghetto boundaries, while non-Jewish residents were moved out. The sender, Albert, writing casually about “Completing the Jewish Relocations" before asking about his family and hometown news, reflects the mundane bureaucracy and direct involvement of ordinary personnel during the Holocaust in occupied Poland.