Abstract

Prisoners’ possessions were confiscated immediately upon their arrival. Together with everything victims left behind, prisoners’ personal items were appropriated and used by the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office.

A Mountain of Glasses from the Victims of Auschwitz (1945)

Source

Source: A mountain of glasses of the victims murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Unknown photographer.
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Recommended Citation

A Mountain of Glasses from the Victims of Auschwitz (1945), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/nazi-germany-1933-1945/ghdi:image-1978> [December 21, 2024].

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