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Author: Paweł Sawicki
A plaque from a freight train car which transported Jews from the Westerbork transit camp to Auschwitz
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Author: Paweł Sawicki
Yellow "David stars" with a word "Jew" - marks introduced by German Nazis for the Jews, especially in occupied countries of western Europe
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Author: Pawel Sawicki
A Zyklon B can and diatomaceous earth crystals. The crystals saturated with hydrocyanide released the poisonous gas after opening of the sealed cans and throwing them into a gas chamber.
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Author: Preservation Department

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