Photograph of Jews in forced labor cleaning the streets in Radom (central Poland). [Late 1930s or early 1940s]. Described on the back in handwriting.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, about 30,000 Jews lived in Radom - about a third of its inhabitants. On September 8, 1939, the German army occupied Radom, a few days later SS forces entered the city, and soon they began kidnapping Jews for forced labor and abusing them. In March 1941, the Radom ghetto was established.
9x6 cm. Good condition.
