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Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen Photograph
The Ivanhorod ''Einsatzgruppen'' photograph is Photography of the Holocaust, an image of the Holocaust, showing a soldier aiming a rifle at a woman who is trying to shield a child with her body. It depicts the murder of Jews by an ''Einsatzgruppen'' death squad near Ivanhorod, Reichskommissariat Ukraine, Ukraine, in 1942. The photograph was mailed, intercepted by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish resistance in Warsaw, and kept by Jerzy Tomaszewski (photographer), Jerzy Tomaszewski. In the 1960s, it was alleged that the image was a Communist forgery, but that claim was eventually proven false. Since then, the photograph has been frequently used in books, museums, and exhibitions relating to the Holocaust. Photograph historian Janina Struk describes it as "a symbol of the barbarity of the Nazi regime and their industrial scale murder of 6 million European Jews." Background During the Holocaust, more than a million Jews were murdered in Ukraine. Most of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einsatzgruppen Murder Jews In Ivanhorod, Ukraine, 1942
The Ivanhorod ''Einsatzgruppen'' photograph is Photography of the Holocaust, an image of the Holocaust, showing a soldier aiming a rifle at a woman who is trying to shield a child with her body. It depicts the murder of Jews by an ''Einsatzgruppen'' death squad near Ivanhorod, Reichskommissariat Ukraine, Ukraine, in 1942. The photograph was mailed, intercepted by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish resistance in Warsaw, and kept by Jerzy Tomaszewski (photographer), Jerzy Tomaszewski. In the 1960s, it was alleged that the image was a Communist forgery, but that claim was eventually proven false. Since then, the photograph has been frequently used in books, museums, and exhibitions relating to the Holocaust. Photograph historian Janina Struk describes it as "a symbol of the barbarity of the Nazi regime and their industrial scale murder of 6 million European Jews." Background During the Holocaust, more than a million Jews were murdered in Ukraine. Most of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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