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Sonderkommando Revolt – Auschwitz – Birkenau 7 October 1944  www.HolocaustResearchProject.org    Sonderkommando burning corpses in an open air pit at Birkenau The Sonderkommando or ("Special Command Units') were Jewish prisoners who were forced to work in the death camps at the grisly task of burning of the corpses of those already murdered by the Nazi's.   For periods lasting  from two to four month's these units worked under hellish conditions until they themselves were liquidated by the Germans, and the first task of their replacements was to dispose of the bodies of the previous group. Since a Sonderkommando usually comprised men from incoming transports, their second task often consisted of disposing of the bodies of their own families.    At Birkenau their duties included guiding the new arrivals into the gas chambers, removing the bodies afterwards, shavin... (more)

Letters to London - Life and Death in the Kovno Ghetto

Dr Elchanan Elkes chairman of the Kovno Judenrat Letters to London 1943 - the chairman writes to his children about life in the Kovno ghetto Dr Elchanan Elkes of the Kovno Judenrat My beloved son and daughter! I am writing these lines, my dear children, in the vale of tears of Vilijampole, Kovno Ghetto, where we have been for over two years. We have now heard that in a few days our fate is to be sealed. The Ghetto is to be crushed and torn asunder. Whether we are all to perish, or whether a few of us are to survive, is in God’s hands, we fear that only those capable of slave l... (more)

Rawa Ruska

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Holocaust Research Project Launches Education Topic on Ulitzer

Holocaust Research Project Launches Education Topic on Ulitzer. The aim of H.E.A.R.T is to inform and educate people about the Holocaust and the extermination programs conducted by the Nazi regime throughout Europe during the Second World War. H.E.A.R.T research and material is contributed from a group of independent Holocaust researchers who devote their spare time to research for the production of this website and other forms of related publications, such as leaflets and books. H.E.A.R.T is run by its trustees and directors, who manage the daily administration of the website, ... (more)

The Belzec Death Camp Album

                                        Belzec Death Camp Images                                                                                         www.HolocaustResearchProject.org     [Next] [Last]   2004 Memorial path - Belzec 508 X 383 40 KB Aerial Map of Belzec 1 800 X 516 69 KB Aerial Map of Belzec 2 566 X 488 95 KB An SS man on the staff of the Belzec camp, posing in front of the flour mill used as an assembly place for Jews deported to the camp. 379 X 580 68 KB Anna Imich killed at Belzec 98 X 129 4 KB Artist Painting of SS at Belzec 308 X 195 21 KB Artist Painting of the Bel... (more)