Lot 1135
Nazi and Holocaust Photo Album, A clothbound photo album dated 1939, 14 leaves with photos on both sides, on the inside front cover is the name of the original owner, Hans Gatermann. There are approximately 120 candid black and white photos, mostly 2 x 3, detailing his service during World War II. Of particular interest are his shots, taken in Zambrow, in the Bialystock District, of a round-up of the local Jewish population. Two of the photos show a middle aged Polish Jew speaking with a German officer at a doorway. Another shows two somewhat emaciated-looking Jewish men holding a conversation with others waiting around. A photo on the following page is more ominous and shows a group of Jewish men marching down the street watched over by German soldiers and is labeled: "200 Juden wurden abgansolt inn[?] Wagun zur [?]". Another shot shows Jewish and Polish women and children waiting in a group at a street corner accompanied by a German soldier. The Germans entered this area and established a ghetto in Bialystok in June 1941. It appears the owner of the album saw service first in Poland, Russia, then France and Greece and there several photos of occupied Paris. Most of the photos are glued to the pages, a few mounted with corners and several are loose. Overall Very Good condition, a good basis for research.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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