Bloody Wednesday
Object numberM2005/027:006
TitleBloody Wednesday
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a mass a Poles and Jews lying face down with their hands behind their backs and surrounded by German police officers. They were shot as a reprisal for the assassination of a German police officer by a partisan in 1940. It became known as "Bloody Wednesday".
Production placePoland
Subjectdeportation, nazi cruelty, transportation
Object namephotographs
Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper
Techniquephotography
Dimensions
- width: 85.00 mm
height: 60.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Walter Ziegler
