Photo from the Stroop Report of the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto
The ghetto ablaze.
SS Troops in the Warsaw Ghetto
SS troops patrol the ghetto
On the Way to the Umschlagplatz at the Warsaw Ghetto
Ghetto inhabitants are marched to the Umschlagplatz for deportation.
SS Troops Round Up Non-Combatants at Warsaw Ghetto
SS rounds up non-combatants. The book identifies many of the SS men in these photographs.
Captured Resistance Fighters by the Waffen-SS
Nazis capture resistance fighters
Waffen-SS Burning Out the Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto
The Nazis began burning down sections of the ghetto to drive out resistance fighters.
The “Final Solution” in Lublin, Poland – “Operation Reinhard” Headquarters
The “Final Solution” in Lublin, Poland – “Operation Reinhard” Headquarters
Lublin was a large center for the Nazi killing machine and in many ways remains similar in architecture to World War II. This photo was taken in 2001. In a very obscure area of the city is the remnants of the Lublin Airfield Camp used “Operation Reinhard.” There is a small building there that is used as a workshop today. During the operation, SS men used it to melt the gold out of teeth taken from the dead victims and formed the gold into small ingots to ship to Berlin. It was widely rumored that not all valuables made it to the German capital. An old building nearby served as the SS officers’cassino in 1942-1943.
Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst) Organization Chart for Warsaw
Security Service Organization Chart for Warsaw
Twelve large charts, with assigned officers detail the entire SS and Police security apparatchik for the city.
The Umschlagplatz Map
The Umschlagplatz Map
This is the most-detailed map in print of this horrendous location, known as the Umschlagplatz, in German. From July 1942 through May 1943, several hundred thousand Jews went through this “sorting” area enroute to their deaths.
SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop and SS Officer Look Up during the Fighting
SS Officer Looks Up during the Fighting
As with many photos in the work, almost every SS officer has been identified. This study found that only a handful of Nazi personnel were ever tried after the war for their participation in the destruction of the Ghetto. After the war, American forces apprehended Stroop and tried him for war crimes. He was convicted, but before he could be executed at Landsberg Military Prison, Poland requested his extradition so he could be tried there. That guilty conviction led to his execution in Warsaw.
