This was the third major story Picture Post published on the Holocaust, after the liberations of the camps in Italy and in Dora. The story concerned Wöbbelin concentration camp.
Tag: WWII
The Problem that makes all Europe Wonder – Picture Post, 1945
When Nordhausen concentration camp in Thuringia was liberated by the 104th US Infantry Division on April 12, 1945, the soldiers found horrific scenes. Over 3,000 corpses were scattered around the camp.
The 8th Army Breaks Open a Concentration Camp in Italy – Picture Post, 1943
Six weeks after Mussolini’s downfall, in September 1943, the British 8th Army liberated an Italian internment camp in Ferramonti.
A Menorah in Germany, 1931
In 1931, Rosi Posner, wife of the last rabbi of Kiel took this photo of the family menorah from the window ledge of the family home looking out on to the building across the road decorated with Nazi flags.
War Prisoners Return by Ernst Haas, 1949
The first transport from the Soviet Union carrying the repatriated prisoners-of-war arrived in Austria on […]
Dunkirk Evacuation by Hugo Jaeger, 1940
From 1936 until the end of the WWII, Hugo Jaeger worked as a personal photographer for Adolf Hitler and took color photos. Here are his photos from Dunkirk.
Private Life of Hitler by Hugo Jaeger, 1936 – 1945
From 1936 until the end of the Second World War, Hugo Jaeger worked as a personal photographer for Adolf Hitler and took color photos.
Hiroo Onoda is Found, 1974
In the spring of 1974, the world was captivated by the remarkable story of 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army, who emerged from the Philippine jungle after an astonishing thirty-year ordeal. Onoda’s journey began in 1945 when he and his fellow soldiers retreated into the dense wilderness, convinced that World War II was ongoing.
Stalingrad by Emmanuil Evzerikhin, 1942
A picture taken by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin in August 1942, conveyed the devastation of the Battle of Stalingrad by juxtaposing a pastoral statue of children dancing with the city’s bombed-out buildings.
Eichmann identified, 1960
In 1960, justice finally caught up with one of the most notorious war criminals. Adolf Eichman was abducted by the Israeli secret agents in Argentina in a covert operation and subsequently taken to Israel, where he stood trial for crimes against humanity. Here is the story of how photography was used to identify him.