Six harsh photos depicting Jews from the Tarnów Ghetto being led by Nazis to their deaths. The photos are described in Yiddish on pieces of paper attached to the edges of each photo. Tarnów Ghetto, c. 1941.
Photos: Moments before the murder of several Jews at the Tarnów cemetery, on the way to execution in the forest near Tarnów, during one of the massacres in occupied Tarnów, on the way to the closed ghetto—a photo showing Nazi soldiers forcibly pushing Jews into the ghetto, a photo of the bodies of Jews who were murdered after the massacre in the Tarnów Ghetto, and the Jewish cemetery. Additionally, two “Yizkor” labels for Jews who were murdered in Tarnów.
On September 8, 1939, Tarnów was occupied by the Germans, who immediately began confiscating Jewish property and abducting Jews for forced labor. On November 9, the Germans burned the synagogues and houses of worship in the city and established a Judenrat, which, like in many other cities, was required to collect special taxes and provide workers for forced labor and deportations. Throughout 1941, the German oppression intensified, both in demands and in the killing of Jews. In March 1941, the ghetto was established. At the beginning of June, Jews from the surrounding areas were transferred to the ghetto, and the number of Jews in the ghetto reached approximately 40,000 people. Living conditions in the ghetto were extremely harsh. During this time, about 3,000 Jews were cold-bloodedly shot and murdered on the streets of the city and within the confines of the Jewish cemetery, while another 7,000 met their deaths in the killing fields of the Buczyna Forest near Zbylitowska Góra.
The photos are mounted on black cardboard. Various sizes: two are 9×14 cm, two are 9×7 cm, and one is 12×9 cm. General condition good.
