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Photographs of a mass grave of Jews in Wolbrom

There are two black and white photographs (positive prints) measuring 13 × 18 cm, depicting a monument at the mass grave of several hundred Jews from Wolbrom who were murdered by the Germans in September 1942 . During that time, the local ghetto was liquidated. The elderly and the unfit were separated and taken to a nearby forest, where they were murdered, and their bodies were buried in a mass grave. The remaining individuals were deported to the extermination camp in Bełżec. The monument bears the inscription "TO FELLOW CITIZENS AND JEWISH MARTYRS, THE INHABITANTS OF WOLBROM" It was erected a few years after the war by the local community. This site remains a place of remembrance to this day.

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Information about the object
Author / creator
Zyś, Piotr (?-?)
Object type
photography
Time of creation / dating
4th quarter of the 20th century
Place of creation
Wolbrom (Małopolskie Province)
Technique
photograph
Material
paper
Keywords
Copyright status
the object is not protected by copyright law
Owner
Antoni Minkiewicz Regional Museum of Polish Tourism Association in Olkusz
Identification number
1047/22/14