Auschwitz-Birkenau Postcard Showing a Model of one of the Crematorium

caption:
Believed to have been issued in 1952, this postcard is captioned in Polish, Russian, French, and English, the text reads, "Model of crematorium section."

The postcard depicts part of the plaster model of crematorium II as exhibited in block 4 of the State Museum Auschwitz -Birkenau. A group Jewish deportees entering the underground undressing room, which led, via a vestibule, to the underground gas chamber. 

  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Postcard Showing a Model of one of the Crematorium
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Postcard Showing a Model of one of the Crematorium

Identifer: CJF R 0014

Medium
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Collections
Holocaust Medals, Plaques, Tokens & Pins, Cincinnati Judaica Fund Research Collection

Description
This postcard is referrence in the book, Auschwitz
 By Deborah Dwork, Robert Jan Van Pelt, Robert Jan Pelt (1996),
pages 17-19.

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