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Photograph (slide) of the Warsaw ghetto burning at night (II)

A photograph of the burning Warsaw Ghetto: red-framed slide with black text repeated at all edges: "MADE IN GERMANY | TRIX ZEISS | IKON [the last two words framed by a thin, in places rounded line; another line is in the middle of the frame between them] 3560/1". In the lower right corner on both sides of the frame there is a black letter 'V'. The glass inside the frame is fixed with points.

Against a black background, which fills most of the frame, there are yellowish flames and a slightly darker glow. The writing in the upper margin of the slide on the left says: "FACOLOR" (company inscription identifying agfacolor film). There is a letter 'A' in the upper right corner. The writing in the lower margin says: "26" and "26 A". Compare the description of objects: MPOLIN-A2.2.6, MPOLIN-A2.2.8.

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Information about the object
Author/creator
Borowczyk, Zbigniew (?-1988)
Object type
photography
Time of creation / dating
20th century
Created place
Warszawa (mazovian province)
Technique
colour photograph
printing
diapositive
Material
photographic film
cardboard
paper
glass
metal
paint
Keywords
Copyright status
the object is not protected by copyright law
Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-A2.2.7