Unique photographs showing witnesses to the tragedy of the Warsaw ghetto – press release

The photographs show the streets of Warsaw, the ruins and the flames over the ghetto. In one of the frames, over a dozen people climb a heap of bricks to look at the ghetto. The photos taken by Rudolf Damec were discovered in 2019 by his granddaughter Aleksandra Sobiecka. In January 2023, she brought them to POLIN Museum. Read more below.

1. Article by Joanna Król-Komła about photos by Rudolf Damec [polin.pl/en] >>
2. Photos by Rudolf Damec with credits [.zip, .jpg, .docx] >>

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