As the website shows, many of the photos were taken by two SS men. It was their job to take pictures and fingerprints to document the people staying at the work camps. One explaination of the pictures could be that they were sent to other camps as an example of how they should be running, or to show "managers" of the camps how things were going.
The SS men recorded them at the begining of the Holocaust, but too many Jews were coming into the camps causing them too stop recording every single person. This album gives us a better understanding of how the Jews were separated and what the conditions were like at these camps. These photos could also have been ment to document the happenings and also could be used to scare the SS members into obeying what the Commanders wanted.
I agree with Jessie with the statement that since more and more Jews were coming into camps, the Nazi's lost focus of recording every single person. This album shows how harsh the people were treated. This website shows how many families were separated and never saw each other again. Auschwitz was one of the most harsh camps as can be seen through these photos, as well as others. The concentration camp at Auschwitz had a camp area of 40 square kilometers with five kilometers for "isolation". Out of many of the concentration camps, Auschwitz was known as one of the worst concentration camps, where people were separated, and worked to death or exhaustion.
This album educates us on what happened directly after arrival at the camps. We tend to know what life was like in them, but not what it was like before people realized where they were. the picutres show, especially the ones o them women in the grove waiting to be gassed how uninformed tehy were and had no idea the horror that was behing the "Final Solution".
I feel like this is one of the most important and informative pictures of the Holocaust. It depict a young boy putting his hands up while a Nazi guard has a gun pointed to his back. the chaos surronding the scene probably hints that this was during one of the evacuations of the ghettos to the trains that would take them to the camps. There are so many memorable photos out there and I think this one realy stands out.
I think the photo Erin found does really stand out. There are so many pictures in the Holocaust that get students to think. What Shawna found shows us how Jews were treated after they were separated, and after a long train ride. Another memorable photo: http://www.shamash.org/holocaust/photos/images/Belzec01.jpg This picture may be hard to see, but people can finally get a understanding of how many people were killed at one camp. This photo shows piles and piles of the victims shoes at the Belzec extermination camp.
Like Jessie said in class, a lot of people think that some of the Holocaust photos are fake, or have been remade by computers. http://www.fpp.co.uk/Auschwitz/docs/fake/SWCsmokeFake.html this website is one example of a comparison of two pictures from the Holocaust. The website is not very legitimate, but it shows the point of view from the author and how people are so desperate to prove the Holocaust did not exist
The pictures from the Holocaust are very moving, but there aren't that many. As we talked about in class by the time the war was almost over the SS could not keep track of all the people going into camps anymore. There are enough pictures to show us it was real but there are also a lot from after the Jews were freed and the SS fixed the gas chambers to make it seem better then the were. Even though the pictures are disturbing I wish there was more to really prove how the camps were.
It is really sad how people don't believe that the Holocaust did not exist, and are willing to furnish pictures. But after looking at some of the pictures from the links above it is hard for people to think that the Holocaust did not happen. I cannot image the way the Jews felt when they were being loaded into the trains. They had weapons pointed at them threatening them. They were not allowed to ask questions, leaving their futures a blurr.
I found online the Auschwitz album. Here is a website with the background information on it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www1.yadvashem.org/exhibitions/album_auschwitz/intro.html
This is the actual album itself.
http://www1.yadvashem.org/exhibitions/album_auschwitz/mutimedia/index.html
As the website shows, many of the photos were taken by two SS men. It was their job to take pictures and fingerprints to document the people staying at the work camps. One explaination of the pictures could be that they were sent to other camps as an example of how they should be running, or to show "managers" of the camps how things were going.
ReplyDeleteThe SS men recorded them at the begining of the Holocaust, but too many Jews were coming into the camps causing them too stop recording every single person. This album gives us a better understanding of how the Jews were separated and what the conditions were like at these camps. These photos could also have been ment to document the happenings and also could be used to scare the SS members into obeying what the Commanders wanted.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jessie with the statement that since more and more Jews were coming into camps, the Nazi's lost focus of recording every single person. This album shows how harsh the people were treated. This website shows how many families were separated and never saw each other again. Auschwitz was one of the most harsh camps as can be seen through these photos, as well as others. The concentration camp at Auschwitz had a camp area of 40 square kilometers with five kilometers for "isolation". Out of many of the concentration camps, Auschwitz was known as one of the worst concentration camps, where people were separated, and worked to death or exhaustion.
ReplyDeleteThis album educates us on what happened directly after arrival at the camps. We tend to know what life was like in them, but not what it was like before people realized where they were. the picutres show, especially the ones o them women in the grove waiting to be gassed how uninformed tehy were and had no idea the horror that was behing the "Final Solution".
ReplyDeletethat was pretty interesting guys, I feel like I learned something new from this thread.
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ReplyDeleteI feel like this is one of the most important and informative pictures of the Holocaust. It depict a young boy putting his hands up while a Nazi guard has a gun pointed to his back. the chaos surronding the scene probably hints that this was during one of the evacuations of the ghettos to the trains that would take them to the camps. There are so many memorable photos out there and I think this one realy stands out.
I think the photo Erin found does really stand out. There are so many pictures in the Holocaust that get students to think. What Shawna found shows us how Jews were treated after they were separated, and after a long train ride.
ReplyDeleteAnother memorable photo:
http://www.shamash.org/holocaust/photos/images/Belzec01.jpg
This picture may be hard to see, but people can finally get a understanding of how many people were killed at one camp.
This photo shows piles and piles of the victims shoes at the Belzec extermination camp.
Like Jessie said in class, a lot of people think that some of the Holocaust photos are fake, or have been remade by computers.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fpp.co.uk/Auschwitz/docs/fake/SWCsmokeFake.html
this website is one example of a comparison of two pictures from the Holocaust. The website is not very legitimate, but it shows the point of view from the author and how people are so desperate to prove the Holocaust did not exist
The pictures from the Holocaust are very moving, but there aren't that many. As we talked about in class by the time the war was almost over the SS could not keep track of all the people going into camps anymore. There are enough pictures to show us it was real but there are also a lot from after the Jews were freed and the SS fixed the gas chambers to make it seem better then the were. Even though the pictures are disturbing I wish there was more to really prove how the camps were.
ReplyDeleteIt is really sad how people don't believe that the Holocaust did not exist, and are willing to furnish pictures. But after looking at some of the pictures from the links above it is hard for people to think that the Holocaust did not happen. I cannot image the way the Jews felt when they were being loaded into the trains. They had weapons pointed at them threatening them. They were not allowed to ask questions, leaving their futures a blurr.
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