Archive object · CTX-WARSAW-UMSCHLAGPLATZ-1942

Warsaw Umschlagplatz loading scene

Context image, not the Halberstadt transport: Jews loading belongings onto railway cars at Warsaw's Umschlagplatz, 1942–43.

Object record

The Halberstadt transport reached Warsaw on 16 April 1942. This image is used only to give visual context for the documented destination and railway setting; it is not presented as a photograph of the people named on this page.

SeriesPersecution and memorial records

Archive reference
CTX-WARSAW-UMSCHLAGPLATZ-1942
Date
Between 1942 and 1943
Medium
Not yet recorded in the public catalog
Physical dimensions
Not yet recorded in the public catalog
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.
Custody history
A separate custody history has not yet been recorded; see the source and credit fields.
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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How to cite this object

Chicago-style suggested citation

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

Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/ctx-warsaw-umschlagplatz-1942