The Visual Record: Holocaust Historical Photos & Primary Sources
This photo archive brings together primary visual evidence, personal histories, and recovered family collections. From the extensive 25-year photographic documentation of Auschwitz by Alan Jacobs to hidden Polish partisan frames, Czech family portraits, and clandestine images from Hungary, this hub serves as a living visual record.
Special Exhibits by Alan Jacobs
Alan Jacobs has been to Auschwitz and Birkenau many times.
During those visits, he interviewed numerous survivors and took many photographs of the camps. He also spent many hours viewing artifacts, art and photographs stored at the Auschwitz Museum Archives.
He made a film using the words and art of survivors and SS photos. Although still a work in progress, it has been shown in universities, professional conferences, cultural centers etc.
There have been several shows of Jacobs Auschwitz photographs, some of which can now be seen on the Internet: Virtual Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau Interactive map and photographs of Birkenau, Photographs of Mauthausen, Plus the Then and Now exhibit, with Alan's photos of today compared to paintings and drawings by survivors of Then.
During those visits, he interviewed numerous survivors and took many photographs of the camps. He also spent many hours viewing artifacts, art and photographs stored at the Auschwitz Museum Archives.
He made a film using the words and art of survivors and SS photos. Although still a work in progress, it has been shown in universities, professional conferences, cultural centers etc.
There have been several shows of Jacobs Auschwitz photographs, some of which can now be seen on the Internet: Virtual Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau Interactive map and photographs of Birkenau, Photographs of Mauthausen, Plus the Then and Now exhibit, with Alan's photos of today compared to paintings and drawings by survivors of Then.
Mauthausen Photos by Alan Jacobs
Holocaust Images -Photos & Art
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Remembering and Experience
We have photographs taken of survivors, interactive maps, historical world war II photos - some you won't find anywhere else.
Our Liberators section started by Chuck Ferree includes photos from soldiers.
The Holocaust images you see are from those who where there, and those trying to learn how to stop this from happening again.
Our Liberators section started by Chuck Ferree includes photos from soldiers.
The Holocaust images you see are from those who where there, and those trying to learn how to stop this from happening again.
- Photographer Myatt Lipscomb shares two images from his gallery, “After the Holocaust” and “Tamara, a Survivor”.
- Virtual Tour of Auschwitz Stuart Nichols presents a mixture of essays and pictures of his visit to Auschwitz.
- Haunting Memory, a Triptych of Holocaust Photos Roger Beecroft calls this “mining the media for imagery”; view the pictures and his descriptions.
- “Lest We Forget” This important CD-ROM, “Lest We Forget”, shares video clips and pictures, as well as a view of its interface for teachers.e here! Replace this with any non empty raw html code and that's it