Issue of the French newspaper Match from September 7, 1939, which reports for the first time on the establishment of Nazi concentration camps on the territory of Nazi Germany – the first photographs ever published showing Jews in prisoner’s uniforms working at forced labor under the supervision of SS tyrants.
In the middle pages of the issue in an extensive article reporting on “CAMPS DE CONCENTRATION” – “concentration camps” – there are photographs of prisoners in the Dachau and Buchenwald camps in Nazi Germany. The prisoners are seen working in forced labor under the supervision of the Nazi soldiers, with their physical condition relatively good. The article reads: “… Jews work like slaves in the concentration camps of the Third Reich. Of these camps, the largest of which is Dachau, and the most evil of them Buchenwald… anyone who does not surrender is considered an enemy of the nation and is punished mercilessly. The lightest punishment is twenty-five lashes… The “Outlaws’ are forced to stay awake for 17 hours… Political prisoners dressed in clothes with red stripes… Jews dressed in clothes with black stripes… Out of a group of 2000 arrested, 110 died in during the first weeks of the arrest. Barbed wire, charged with an electric current, surrounds the camps. No one can dream of crossing them without risking death…”.
In one of the photographs, prisoners are seen standing in front of a barracks with a large sign that reads: “Obedience, honesty, order, cleanliness… these are the paths that will lead you to freedom”, another photograph in which prisoners are seen doing digging work is described: “The prisoners must work quietly, they are not allowed to utter a word from the mouth”. Another photo shows a prisoner carrying bricks on his shoulders and the caption: “The camp’s slogan: A pack of bricks is much lighter than the weight of the crime”, or “When you pour concrete you don’t have criminal thoughts in your mind.”
31 p. Complete Issue. Good Condition.
