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Auschwitz now

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Auschwitz now

Date8/24/1977

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Auschwitz (Concentration camp) (subject)

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Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Auschwitz now: The infamous concentration camp where 4 million Nazi victims died is preserved as a memorial by Poland. Gershon; left; and Sprinca Karmazyn; cousins of the first letter writer; were shot in their mother's arms in 1943.

Subject

Concentration camps

Prisoners of war

World War, 1939-1945

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019142F

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