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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/050:003 DescriptionB/W photo with typed caption on the reverse. The image shows German soldiers leading a group of Poles into the forest near the village of Palmiry, Poland, to be executed. The prisoners are blindfolded and they are carrying small parcels of personal possessions as they had been told that they were being transferred from one imprisonment to another, rather than to their execution. The forest outside Palmiry was the site of mass executions from 1939 to 1943. This photograph is undated, but was likely taken in early 1941. Production placePalmiry, Poland Production date circa 1941 SubjectInvasions, occupations, prisoners, executions and killings, soldiers, photojournalism, photographs, men Object namephotographs Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper Dimensions width: 126.00 mm height: 183.00 mm Language English Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the Wenkart Family

Object numberM2008/050:003

DescriptionB/W photo with typed caption on the reverse. The image shows German soldiers leading a group of Poles into the forest near the village of Palmiry, Poland, to be executed. The prisoners are blindfolded and they are carrying small parcels of personal possessions as they had been told that they were being transferred from one imprisonment to another, rather than to their execution. The forest outside Palmiry was the site of mass executions from 1939 to 1943. This photograph is undated, but was likely taken in early 1941.

Production placePalmiry, Poland

Production date circa 1941

SubjectInvasions, occupations, prisoners, executions and killings, soldiers, photojournalism, photographs, men

Object namephotographs

Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the Wenkart Family

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