Persecution and memorial recordsCTX-WARSAW-UMSCHLAGPLATZ-1942

People loading belongings at the Warsaw Umschlagplatz

Context photograph of Jews loading belongings onto trains at the Warsaw Umschlagplatz during the German occupation, dated by the source between 1942 and 1943. It is Warsaw context, not a photograph of the Halberstadt train or of Kurt, Paula or Hans.

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SeriesPersecution and memorial records

Archive reference
CTX-WARSAW-UMSCHLAGPLATZ-1942
Date
Between 1942 and 1943
Digital image
1448 × 1024 pixels
Evidence status
Public historical context image; not evidence of any named Reichenbach relative.
Uncertainty
The photograph does not depict the Halberstadt transport and does not identify Kurt Reichenbach, Paula Wollenberg or Hans Wollenberg.
Source and provenance
Wikimedia Commons file Umschlagplatz_loading.jpg; source note cites USHMM courtesy of Zydowski Instytut Historyczny / Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
Credit
Author unknown; source via Wikimedia Commons, USHMM and Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
Rights
Public domain according to Wikimedia Commons licensing statement.
Image treatment
Original Wikimedia Commons JPEG copied into the site as a local web asset; no crop, tonal adjustment or generative alteration.

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Reichenbach Family Archive. “People loading belongings at the Warsaw Umschlagplatz.” Between 1942 and 1943. CTX-WARSAW-UMSCHLAGPLATZ-1942. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/ctx-warsaw-umschlagplatz-1942.

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