Group 1

"Looting by Neighbors"

Olkusz, Poland, 1942

Non-Jews take property from a ghetto from which the Germans have deported all

inhabitants.

Credit: Archiwum Akt Nowychw Warszawie

Group 2

"Tempted by Bargain Prices"

Lörrach, Germany. November 1940

Auction of household belongings of Jewish residents of the town.

Although onlookers here could not know in 1940 that German authorities would

later murder most deported Jews, the auction signaled to all those present that they

would not return.

Credit: Stadtarchiv Lörrach

Group 3

"Watching Neighbors"

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 20, 1943

Jews assembled for transport to the Westerbork transit camp (a way station to the

Auschwitz killing center), in a photograph taken clandestinely from a nearby

building. Neighborhood boys watch from the corner (left) and other local residents

from their window (center).

Credit: Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam/Dutch Resistance Museum

Group 4

"Young Women Laugh"

Oldenburg, Germany, November 9-11, 1938

SA men march Jewish men through the streets to prison, observed by smiling town

residents.

During Kristallnacht, the Jews of Oldenburg were assembled in the Brandnacht

Synagogue and then marched on Alte Kaserne Street to the local prison. From

there they were taken to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Credit: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Group 5

"Clandestine photograph taken of a round-up of Jews in southern France"

Southern France, Saturday, August 1, 1942

Credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Charles Martin Roman

Group 6

"Round up Jews in Lithuania"

Kovno, Lithuania, June 25-July 8, 1941

Lithuanian militiamen in Kovno round up Jews during an early pogrom.

Credit: Ernst Klee

Group 7

"Expulsion of Jews from Their Communities"

German-occupied Upper Silesia, Poland, winter 1942–43

The expulsion of Jews from the towns of Bedzin and Sosnowiec to the nearby

Kamionka and Srodula ghettos. Non-Jewish neighbors watch from their balconies

and front steps.

Credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Arnold Shay

Group 8

"In Broad Daylight"

Kőszeg, Hungary, July 4, 1944

Hungarian gendarmes lead Jews to the train station as onlookers watch.

With varying degrees of zealousness, Hungarian gendarmes generally followed the

orders of their commanders, who in turn implemented directives from Hungarian

officials that were issued in response to German requests.

Credit: Hungarian National Museum, Historical Photo Department