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Despite this, in Auschwitz, they managed to secretly take some photographs.
They also organized a revolt. With the help of some prisoners working outside, they stole dynamite and blew up one of the crematoriums.
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Filip Müller was one of the few Sonderkommando members who survived. He worked in Auschwitz and Auschwitz II (Birkenau), and testified in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials.
Henryk Mandelbaum also worked in the Sonderkommando.
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Besides the photographs, we also have drawings made by the prisoners.
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They also had to cremate the bodies of those who died due to the inhumane conditions in the camp.
Since they knew more about the camps’ operations, the Nazis often replaced them by killing the previous group.
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While not all camps were extermination camps (in fact, there were only 6), all had areas to dispose of bodies.
Many camps also had (or added) at least one gas chamber. Dachau was one of these.
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In Bergen-Belsen, although not an extermination camp and without a gas chamber, they also had to open massive mass graves to dispose of bodies.
The images of the camp upon the liberators' arrival were horrific.
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To give you an idea: In Auschwitz, in just 4.5 years of operation, 1,100,000 people were murdered.
In Treblinka, a pure extermination camp, open for about 3 years, 800,000 prisoners were massacred.
Photo: Prisoners from Ampfing
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In theory, the buildings had an area where bodies were left before being incinerated. However, accumulation often caused them to pile up outside.
Another photo secretly taken by the Sonderkommando
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In Auschwitz, prisoners had to go down to an underground room and undress. Turning right, they entered the gas chamber.
After execution, the Sonderkommando took the bodies to a lift and transported them to the floor with the ovens.
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This is why, upon arrival, the liberators saw scenes like this. They simply couldn’t keep up.
In Treblinka, an exclusively extermination camp, they had cremation pits besides ovens.
They dug a hole and burned bodies in the open air.
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The Sonderkommando members recounted details about their work that make it even more macabre. They had to sort bodies by size to ensure they burned better.
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Other non-extermination camps also had shocking numbers.
In Bergen-Belsen, which had no gas chambers, 50,000 people died in just under 2 years, many from epidemics caused by living conditions.
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They also mentioned that because the prisoners were so thin, their bodies had little fat and didn't burn well. So they sometimes had to add fuel to help burn them.
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The testimonies of Sonderkommando prisoners were crucial in judging Nazi crimes. In Auschwitz, they managed to write notes and hide them under the barrack floorboards.
110 Sonderkommando workers survived Auschwitz.
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Ebensee is one of those concentration camps that, despite having some of the most harrowing Holocaust photos, is barely known among the general public. Along with Gusen and Woëbellin, it's one of the least known camps.
👉Thread & colorized photos:
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Normally, when we think of the Holocaust, we tend to imagine the black-and-white photographs taken at the time due to technical limitations.
But... how did the liberators really see these images?
Thread with over 40 colorized photographs:
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Recently liberated prisoners from the Nordhausen concentration camp pose in front of the camera.
Colored photograph:
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Liana Goldmannová was only 8 years old when she was forced onto a cattle train bound for Auschwitz. She lived in the Theresienstadt ghetto.
Like most children, she didn't pass the Selection. She was deemed "unfit to work" and was murdered in the gas chamber.
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✡️Arne Kronik
Born on September 1, 1924, in Norway. Deported to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp on December 1, 1942.
He didn't survive.
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His name was ✡️Abraham Henselein. He was born in the Netherlands on 22 October 1935.
Shortly after his seventh birthday, he was deported to Auschwitz and killed in the gas chamber along with 464 other Jewish prisoners.
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✡️Francis Levin
Born in Seine (France) on March 26th, 1934. From a jewish family, he was deported to Auschwitz on 23 November 1943 from Drancy.
He was murdered with another 914 people in a gas chamber just after the selection.
He was 9 years old.
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Her name was Estelle Laughlin. Born in Warsaw (Poland) on July 9, 1929, she was first forced to live in the Warsaw Ghetto and then deported to KL Madjanek with her family.
She managed to survive and tell others what happened to her.
Restored and colorized photograph:
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Franceska Mann was in the anteroom of the gas chamber at Auschwitz-Birkenau when, in an act of resistance, she pulled out a pistol and shot two SS men. One was wounded. She managed to kill the second.
Unfortunately, she was killed shortly afterwards.
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✡️Jeanette van Geldern
Born on November 27, 1925, in Rheden (Netherlands). A Jew, she was deported to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp in September 1943. She was only 18 years old.
She did not survive.
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At Auschwitz, anyone under 15 was automatically sent to the gas chamber. Thomas Buergenthal, however, managed to go unnoticed and was registered in the camp.
In 1945, he was transferred to Sachsenhausen.
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Else Abt
Born in Germany on September 2, 1914. A Jehovah's Witness, she was deported to Auschwitz in 1942 and later transferred to several camps: Gross-Rosen, Mauthausen, Bergen-Belsen, and finally Buchenwald.
Liberated.
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This is one of the most harrowing photographs we have colorized:
Prisoners at the Ebensee concentration camp look upon the bodies of their dead comrades.
For many of them, such sights were so common that they showed no expression at all.
This was the Nazi regime.
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🔻Carlos Grey-Molay
Born in Barcelona on July 4th, 1913. He fought during the Spanish Civil War, was exiled and deported to Mauthausen concentration camp. He was the only black, "red" and Spanish prisoner.
He managed to survive until the Liberation Day on May 5th, 1945.
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Anton Heisler.
Born in Komárov (Czech Republic, formerly Czechoslovakia) on January 24, 1892. Deported to Auschwitz in June 1942, he succumbed to the inhumane conditions of the concentration camp in July of that year.
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Yesterday we posted this colourized photo of the Ebensee concentration camp.
Despite being one of the less known camps, there are several photographs like this in which we can see how the liberators found the prisoners.
Another Ebensee colourized photo:
This is one of the most harrowing photographs we have colorized:
Prisoners at the Ebensee concentration camp look upon the bodies of their dead comrades.
For many of them, such sights were so common that they showed no expression at all.
This was the Nazi regime.
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As an extra fact, the resistance inside the camp was organized by Spanish prisoners, who were a minority.
This well-known Holocaust photo is from this very camp, though few people know that:
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Ebensee is little known for two reasons: First, it was administratively dependent on the more famous Mauthausen camp, and second, it wasn't built until 1943.
The plan was to use prisoners for weapons manufacturing.
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The soldiers also documented the entire atrocity in the camps they were liberating.
Here are some more photos (these uncolored) of the camp:
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They tried to lock them in the tunnels and bury them with explosives, but didn't expect resistance. The opposition was so strong that the Nazis abandoned the idea and left the site.
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The camp was finally liberated by U.S. soldiers, who found the scene you've seen in the photos.
Sadly, some prisoners died days after the liberation.
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Several tunnels were built where the famous V2 rockets were to be made, though at some point it was decided to start producing conventional weapons.
It's estimated that there were around 18,000 prisoners at the time of liberation.
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Prisoners at Mauthausen concentration camp tear down the Nazi eagle over the camp's main entrance.
Among others, 7,200 Spanish Republicans were deported to Mauthausen.
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Children of Auschwitz I are photographed behind the camp fence. Over 232,000 children were murdered in Auschwitz.
More than 1,500,000 were killed during the Holocaust.
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Joseph Schleifstein, a 5-year-old boy, answers a reporter's questions a year after his liberation from Buchenwald.
In the camp, his mother tried to hide him unsuccessfully. However, the Nazis found him "amusing" and let him live.
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The Zelig Israel Jacob brothers (left) and Sril Israel Jacob (right) are photographed shortly before being sent to the gas chamber.
Their sister Lili later found the photo in the "Auschwitz Album."
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Several SS female guards are forced to transport and bury the bodies of dead prisoners at Bergen-Belsen.
Despite not being an extermination camp and having no gas chambers, over 50,000 prisoners died here in nearly two years.
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✡️Benjamin Bloemendal
Born in Amsterdam on May 2, 1938. From a Jewish family, at only 4 years old, he was deported to Auschwitz with his mother. Both were murdered upon arrival.
This is the only photograph that remains of him.
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Prisoners get off one of the "death trains" at the selection ramp of Auschwitz II. This photo is from the famous "Auschwitz Album." Very likely, they were Hungarian Jews.
Most were murdered just hours after this photo was taken.
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Children of Auschwitz show their tattoos to the camera.
Besides being a method of dehumanization, the Nazis marked all prisoners to identify bodies after killing them.
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A British soldier speaks with the only British prisoner in the camp.
Among thousands of others, the well-known Margot and Anne Frank died in Bergen-Belsen just a month before the camp was liberated.
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Female prisoners of Auschwitz II are photographed in their barracks on the day of their liberation. Auschwitz was liberated on January 27, 1945, by the Soviet army.
Up to 3 or 4 people could sleep crammed into each bunk.
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Photo of the well-known Francesc Boix, the "Photographer of Mauthausen." A Spanish Republican, he preserved dozens of photographs documenting the daily horrors at Mauthausen.
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Soviet soldiers speak with several prisoners at Auschwitz II. Although considered as one, Auschwitz was actually three camps: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II - Birkenau, and Auschwitz III - Monowitz.
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A young prisoner poses for the camera at Buchenwald concentration camp. Due to malnutrition, many prisoners ended up in a deplorable state and couldn't move.
After liberation, many died from improper "refeeding."
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Two newly liberated prisoners of Buchenwald show their prisoner numbers to the camera.
Thanks to this, we know that before Buchenwald, they were in Auschwitz (the only camp where tattoos were used).
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Prisoners from Block 19 of Auschwitz I speak with their liberators.
Before abandoning the camp, the Nazis evacuated most prisoners, leaving only the weakest behind and forcing the rest to march for miles.
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Two young people recover from typhus in a barrack at Bergen-Belsen.
Due to sanitary conditions, the British army (liberators of this camp) decided to burn the entire camp to prevent the spread of diseases.
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The soviet troops liberate prisoners from the 19th Block, Auschwitz I concentration camp, 27th January 1945, colorized photograph, before and after.
More than 1.100.000 people were killed inside Auschwitz. Among them, around 232.000 were children.
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Ebensee prisoners wait in their barracks.
Despite being a little-known subcamp of Mauthausen, Ebensee left some of the harshest photographs we have today, often mistakenly associated with other camps.
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Two prisoners of Bergen-Belsen await in their barracks to be attended to.
Besides the inhumane living conditions, prisoners at Bergen-Belsen had to endure several typhus outbreaks.
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Buchenwald concentration camp prisoners are photographed in their barracks. This photo would later become one of the most famous of the Holocaust and the camps in general.
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Ebensee prisoners observe a cart full of bodies. For many prisoners, seeing such scenes was a daily occurrence, so many showed no expression of disgust.
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Dachau concentration camp prisoners are photographed after liberation. Dachau was the first camp opened by the Nazis, in March 1933.
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Dachau prisoners wait outside the infirmary to be attended to.
Contrary to popular belief, liberating the camps took several days or even weeks to transfer and treat all the inmates.
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Buchenwald prisoners show their Auschwitz prisoner numbers (a camp they passed through previously).
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Female prisoners of the Ravensbrück women's camp smile at the camera after their liberation.
This photo was taken outside the camp.
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Prisoners of the little-known Langenstein-Zwieberge camp smile at the camera after liberation.
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A Buchenwald prisoner is photographed behind the camp fence after liberation.
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Ebensee prisoners eat and wait in their barracks to be examined by a doctor.
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Margot Frank and her sister, the well-known Anne Frank, died in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp, possibly due to a typhus epidemic just a month before British troops liberated the camp.
Their father published short after his liberation at Auschwitz her daughter's diary.
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Margarete Kraus, a Roma prisoner of Auschwitz, looks out the window. Her prisoner number from the Z series can be seen on her arm. The Roma were severely persecuted in Nazi Germany and refer to the Holocaust as "Porrajmos" (or "Porraimos").
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Prisoners of Mauthausen's "Russian Camp" stand naked. Sometimes their numbers were painted on their chests to identify bodies after killing them, meaning those photographed were soon to be executed.
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A Mauthausen concentration camp prisoner deceased. Sometimes, unable to bear the living conditions, prisoners threw themselves against the electrified fence to end their lives.
Other times, the Nazis pushed them to kill them.
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Some time ago y colourized that photo from my personal account (
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Prisoners of the Buchenwald concentration camp are photographed in their barracks.
This photograph would later become one of the most famous images of the Holocaust and the nazi concentration camps.
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At just 16 years old, Irena Pełka was arrested in Warsaw, Poland, and deported to the Majdanek concentration camp. After more than a year, she was transferred first to the Ravensbrück camp and then to Leipzig.
She managed to survive.
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Russian woman after being liberated from the Nazi concentration camp of Dachau.
Despite her pitiful condition, she was only 18 years old in this photograph.
Colored photograph:
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✡️Eva Salusová
Born in Czechoslovakia on January 30, 1929. From a Jewish family, she was deported with her mother to Theresienstadt and later to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
She did not survive. She died at the age of 15, but this is the only photo that remains of her.
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✡️🔻Aron Safier
Born in Tarnobrzeg (Poland) on November 25, 1907.
Deported to Auschwitz on October 16, 1941, and classified as a political prisoner and Jew, he died on December 5 of that same year due to the inhumane living conditions.
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Her name is Cecile Lea Rychner, grandmother of
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Born on July 19, 1901, she was deported along with her twin daughters, Anette and Paulette, to the Auschwitz extermination camp. Cecile and Anette were murdered. Paulette managed to survive.
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Prisoners of the Ampfing concentration camp (a subcamp of the more well-known Dachau camp).
Leslie Keller (left) was deported to Auschwitz and transferred to Ampfing on a Death March.
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On January 27th, the soviet troops liberated the infamous Auschwitz death camp.
Before leaving, the Nazis evacuated everyone who could walk, leaving the sick and hundreds of children inside the camp.
Colorized photograph:
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Prisoners from the Ebensee concentration camp photographed during its liberation.
As a subcamp of Mauthausen, Ebensee housed hundreds of deportees in appalling conditions, with many dying shortly after liberation.
Colorized photograph:
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The Gusen concentration camp is one of the lesser-known camps, but it was one of the harshest.
It was known as "the Slaughterhouse of Mauthausen" and was classified as a Category III camp (i.e., one of the most severe).
The images of the liberation are horrific.
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A liberated Auschwitz child is photographed still in his prisoner uniform. Thanks to his number (B series), we know he was Jewish and entered shortly before Auschwitz was liberated.
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And that’s the thread. As some of you know, this is a compilation of all the historical photographs I’ve colorized over more than 2 years for my Spanish account (
@RestaurandoDign
).
Please comment respectfully as this is a very sensitive topic.
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Several young Jews show their tattoos after arriving in Haifa (modern-day Israel) after spending months in Auschwitz and surviving.
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Jeannette, Lena, and John Groentemann were among over 1,500,000 children murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
They were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, separated during "Selection," and sent straight to die in the gas chambers.
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Prisoners at Woebbelin show the weak condition of a "Muselmann," (a term used for those near death from starvation and exhaustion at nazi concentration camps), before helping him onto the truck for medical care.
Colorized photograph:
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✡️🔻Aron Safier
Born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, on November 25, 1907.
Deported to Auschwitz on October 16, 1941, and classified as a political and Jewish prisoner, he died on December 5 of the same year due to the inhumane living conditions.
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Wanda Ferko-Pawłowska
Born in Zabrzeg, Poland, on March 12, 1926. A Gypsy, at the age of 16 she was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp and later transferred to the women's camp at Ravensbrück.
Liberated.
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