Sunday, October 28, 2012

The photographer at Auschwitz: Man forced to take chilling images of inmates and their Nazi guards was haunted until his death at 94

From the Daily Mail.
  • Photographer Wilhelm Brasse died this week aged 94
  • He had taken up to 50,000 photos in Auschwitz for the Nazis
  • Mr Brasse hid negatives which were used to convict the very Nazis who commissioned them
    • Wilhelm Brasse took some 40,000-50,000 photographs inside Aushwitz for the Nazis including these shots of Czeslawa Kwoka after she was beaten by a guard
    Frightened victims: Wilhelm Brasse took some 40,000-50,000 photographs inside Aushwitz for the Nazis including these shots of Czeslawa Kwoka after she was beaten by a guard

     The full story with photos and a video.........
    Sobering it truly is.
     
     

     
     
     
     
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    1 comment:

    1. BuckSunday, October 28, 2012 1:21:00 PM

      OMG. How horrific. I've read these stories all my life, ever since I learned to read, and I'm STILL shocked and saddened when I read them. Always.

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    Your turn. Be aware that the world is watching you and be polite(For Buck)