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• WARSAW CITIZENS RETURN, FEBRUARY 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR FOREIGN OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Russian official photographer

  Residents of Warsaw pull a large cart loaded with their belongings as they return to their homes following the liberation of the city by the Red Army. A large ornate building, perhaps a church, can be seen through the mist.

• THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1 SEPTEMBER 1939

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) 1939-09-01

  Evening newspaper placards in London announce the news of Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939.

• THE DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES IN REES, GERMANY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hardy (Sergeant) 1945-03-28

  One of the forced labourers, a Pole, sits with his belonging waiting to be repatriated.

• DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES IN GERMANY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Mapham J (Sgt) 1945-05-18

  The Displaced Persons camp within the grounds of Hamburg Zoo was build by the Blohm & Voss company during WWII to house the forced labourers that worked in their factory. The camp was taken over by the British on 5 May 1945 and quickly given over as...

• DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES IN GERMANY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Mapham J (Sgt) 1945-05-18

  The Displaced Persons camp within the grounds of Hamburg Zoo was build by the Blohm & Voss company during WWII to house the forced labourers that worked in their factory. The camp was taken over by the British on 5 May 1945 and quickly given over as...

• A Camp of Twins - Auschwitz

  (art) Made by: Birkin, Edith 1980

  image: Row upon row of imprisoned Jews stand behind a barbed wire fence in a concentration camp. The prisoners all appear as if identical twins, but are also similar to each other, mainly appearing to be hairless men with gaunt faces. Camp huts are...

• The Last Gasp - Gas Chamber

  (art) Made by: Birkin, Edith 1980

  image: Two women, rendered in an assortment of colours and in an abstract style, appear to be struggling to breathe with their mouths wide open.

• Liberation Day

  (art) Made by: Birkin, Edith 1980

  image: A head and shoulders portrait of a male prisoner in Auschwitz concentration camp. His face appears gaunt, he is bald and he wears the striped uniform of a prisoner.

• A Teraz Oczekiwaloby to i Was [And the Same Fate Would Have Awaited You](recto) [Ukrainian Text] (verso)

  (posters) Made by: Unknown 1942

  whole: The poster is double-sided. Side 1: the image occupies the upper three-quarters. The title and text are separate and positioned in the lower quarter, in black, set against a white background. Side 2: the image occupies the upper three-quarters....

• BEKANNTMACHUNG! (German version of PST 8384)

  (posters) 1942-01-29

  text: (German) Announcement that the following 73 people have been imprisoned and sentenced to death. Crimes include knowledge of the illegal possession of guns and failing to inform the authorities, selling of false ration cards and helping Jews (...