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1. www.auschwitz.org › pictures-taken-by-the-ssPictures taken by the SS - Auschwitz-Birkenau

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   Pictures taken by SS man Dietrich Kammann showing prisoners digging and building barracks and crematoria, and also showing the inside of the crematoria with the furnaces, were concealed in the same way. The Poles Ludwik Lawin and Taduesz Kubik worked in the camp photography studio.

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3. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › content › enAuschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: The Album

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   Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: The Album. Shortly after World War II, an American intelligence officer living in Germany uncovered a personal album of photographs chronicling SS officers’ activities at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Museum received this photograph album in 2007.

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4. www.auschwitz.org › en › galleryHistorical pictures and documents - Auschwitz-Birkenau

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   Pouring out cement while building crematory and gas chamber III in Birkenau. Photo: SS. The picture was taken illegaly by a members of the Sonderkomando. It shows burning bodies of victims of mass extermination in Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

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5. www.history.com › topics › world-war-iiThe SS ‑ Definition & Facts - HISTORY

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   Dec 18, 2009 · By the start of World War II (1939-45), the SS had more than 250,000 members and multiple subdivisions, engaged in activities ranging from intelligence operations to running Nazi...

6. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › content › enSS and the Holocaust | Holocaust Encyclopedia

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   Dec 8, 2020 · In what ways did the SS coordinate the activities of German and foreign police agencies to promote the systematic persecution and mass murder of Europe's Jews? What non-SS institutions were critical to SS success in the murder of millions?

7. www.yadvashem.org › articles › generalInside the Epicenter of the Horror – Photographs of the

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   Most people are only aware of the last three photographs: one showing the naked women running, and two showing the Sonderkommando burning bodies. The least-known of the four pictures is the first one, which shows only the black shapes and shadows of trees.

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   How many SS were there in WW2?

   • At the outset of World War II (1939-45), by which time SS membership numbered more than 250,000, Himmler established the “Waffen-SS,” or “Armed-SS,” essentially an expanded version of the SS-VT.

   The SS ‑ Definition & Facts - HISTORY

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   What did the Waffen SS do?

   • The Waffen-SS consisted of a cadre of combat troops who were involved with mass shootings, anti-partisan warfare and supplying guards for Nazi concentration camps. Some troops specialized in brutalizing and murdering individuals in territories occupied by the Nazis. They were also involved in the daily operation of Hitler’s death camps.

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   Did the SS take a picture of the bulding?

   • The picture was taken by the SS right before finishing the bulding in June 1943. An aerial photo taken by the South Africam pilots from a recconassaince unit of SAAF on August 25, 1944. Western part of the unloading ramp is visible, as well as crematories II and III and part of the camp.

   Historical pictures and documents - Auschwitz-Birkenau

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   Did the Allies bomb SS hospital?

   • The Allies bombed the field hospital on December 26, 1944, killing five SS personnel. The album also contains photographs taken most likely in the aftermath of that very same December 26, 1944, air raid. These photographs were taken just weeks prior to the SS evacuation of the camp to avoid capture by Soviet troops.

   Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: The Album

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   What happened in WW2?

   • World War II A woman fleeing the burning buildings of her French town, which German troops had set afire during their retreat, c. 1944. While the Germans did not conduct a strict scorched-earth policy as they withdrew, they did carry out reprisals against perceived Resistance strongholds.

   World War II: The horror of war in pictures

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   Did SS officers die at Auschwitz?

   • Scene during the funeral of SS officers killed in the December 26, 1944, Allied bombing of Auschwitz. Many of the most remarkable photographs are taken at Solahütte, a little known SS resort some 30 km south of Auschwitz on the Sola River.

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9. www.britannica.com › event › World-War-II-The-horrorWorld War II: The horror of war in pictures | Holocaust ...

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   World War II Men, women, and children combing through the wreckage after German bombing raids in London, July 28, 1941. German air raids killed more than 40,000 British civilians during World War II, with Londoners constituting nearly half that total.