Harsh Photos from the death camps - an early publication issued by the photography agency that was present in the ...

Harsh Photos from the death camps - an early publication issued by the photography agency that was present in the camps at the time of the liberation. Paris, 1945

OBJECTIF - "Buchenwald, Landsberg, Nordhausen, Dachau, Belsen, Ordruf ..." - A chilling booklet with 50 harsh photographs from the death camps on the day of their liberation, edited by the Allied Photography Department. Extremely rare and early publication, which reveals the horrific sights revealed to the Allies in eight different death camps in German territory. Paris, 1945. Uncensored booklet, Difficult to watch.

Each group of photographs was taken from a different camp: Buchenwald, Landsberg, Nordhausen, Dachau, Belsen, Ordroff, and others. The text accompanying the photographs by De Jeander, an introduction by Undre Ulmann who was himself a prisoner in Mauthausen camp. In the booklet, which presents the photographs as they were taken, no any editing done later, One can notice, no less than the shocking images of the victims themselves (revealing the enormous dimensions of extermination), and the survivors in difficult condition, but even the shock that struck the American soldiers when they were exposed to the harsh sights.

Unlike publications that published in later stages, the photographs in the booklet before us are described by the photography agencies that photographed them, and sometimes the testimony was taken from the photographers themselves, describing in detail the occurrence that accompanied them In the minutes after the photo was taken. For example, there is a photograph of tanned body man trying to rise above the ground and the caption that accompanies the photograph: 'This prisoner died about 10 minutes after the photo was taken.' below another photo showing prisoners walking reads: 'These prisoners are the only ones in the camp who managed to get to the Red Cross clinic on their own in order to get first aid'. Another photo, which shows crowds of prisoners crammed into a hut, reads: "This is how more than a hundred people were found crammed into a hut that was originally intended for thirty prisoners." Another photograph in which tanned body man was seen in an advanced patient was written: "A dysentery patient who has gone mad, his identity and personal details are unknown to us." A shocking photo showing burning trunks on which corpses were burned, read: "This fire was still burning when the Americans entered the camp", and more.

32 p. 27 cm. Very good condition