Photographer unknown. Ciechanów the East Polish village during German occupation. 1940-42. 35 vintage gelatin silver prints. Most circa 12 x 17,5 cm. Each mounted along upper edge to grey board, each annotated and dated in pencil below the image on the mount. Before WWII Ciechanów was home to a large Jewish community. During the German occupation in the winter of 1942 a ghetto was created. The present images show the destruction of old Jewish houses and resettlement in the ghetto in 1942. In 1940 only for a short timre could Jewish inhabitants still move about freely. There are market scenes and street life with people wearing a yellow marker on their clothes. Other images show building activities in the city as a district capitol (renamed Zichenau). The majority of the Jewish population in this community was murdered during WWII. – Some with slight spots, otherwise in very good condition.
Photographer unknown. Ciechanów the East Polish village during German occupation. 1940-42. 35 vintage gelatin silver prints. Most circa 12 x 17,5 cm. Each mounted along upper edge to grey board, each annotated and dated in pencil below the image on the mount. Before WWII Ciechanów was home to a large Jewish community. During the German occupation in the winter of 1942 a ghetto was created. The present images show the destruction of old Jewish houses and resettlement in the ghetto in 1942. In 1940 only for a short timre could Jewish inhabitants still move about freely. There are market scenes and street life with people wearing a yellow marker on their clothes. Other images show building activities in the city as a district capitol (renamed Zichenau). The majority of the Jewish population in this community was murdered during WWII. – Some with slight spots, otherwise in very good condition.
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