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SS Squad in street, Warsaw, Poland

  • 4/1943

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Description

This item is a photo depicting a Waffen SS squad standing in a street and watching as the Warsaw Ghetto burns. A heavy pall of smoke covers most of the background.

Original caption of the photograph states: Ausräucherung der Juden und Banditen. [Smoking-out of the Jews and bandits.]

Citation

This primary source comes from the National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records.

National Archives Identifier: 118747415

Full Citation: SS Squad in street, Warsaw, Poland; 4/1943; USA Exhibit 275; United States Exhibits, 1945–1946; National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records, Record Group 238; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/ss-squad-in-street-warsaw-poland/, April 4, 2026]

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