Title

Arrival of a train containing Jews deported to Auschwitz death camp in Poland

Caption

Arrival of a train containing Jews deported to Auschwitz death camp in Poland. Auschwitz-Birkenau (1940-1945) was the largest of the German Concentration and Extermination camps. 1.1 million people, 90 per cent of them Jews are thought to have died there most of them in the gas chambers.

Date

May 1944

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP09A00_004

License type

Rights managed

Available size

76,6Mb (2,9Mb) / 20,0in x 14,9in / 6003 x 4461 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany Nazi Atrocity Holocaust Racism Genocide World War II Second World War Twentieth century 20th century