THE MAJDANEK TRIALS, 1944-1948

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Object description

Left to right - SS-Oberscharführer Hermann Vögel, SS-Hauptsturmführer Wilhelm Gerstenmeier, SS-Obersturmführer Anton Thernes, SS-Rottenführer Theodor Schöllen, Heinz Itland (or more likely Kapo Heinrich Stalp) and Kapo Edmund Pohlmann.

Object description

Six SS guards of the Majdanek concentration camp, guarded by troops of the 1st Polish Army, in a courtroom at Lublin during their trial. Photograph probably taken between 27 November and 2 December 1944.

Physical description

An original black and white print with a Planet News stamp and a description sheet on the back.

Object Details

Category: Photographs
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: Planet News photographer
Press Agency photographer
Dimensions: whole: Length 135 mm, Width 208 mm
Catalogue number: HU 130976

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Polish Army
Polish Armed Forces in the East, Polish Army, First
Associated places

Lublin, Lubin Voivodeship, Poland
Associated keywords

Genocide
Holocaust
Associated themes

Polish Army 1939-1945
Eastern Front 1941-1945
Poland 1939-1945

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