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KZ Bildbericht. Picture album, first-hand testimony to
KZ Bildbericht. Picture album, first-hand testimony to
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"This small but important book was distributed in Germany by the American War Information Unit at the end of World War II in order to convey to the civilian population the enormity of the crimes committed by the Nazis in the name of the German people. Thus this book, which is not much more than a pamphlet, may represent the single most significant use of photography as a witness in the medium's history" (Parr, M. and Badger, G., The Photobook: A History, Vol. II, p.194).
[32] picture leaves, 26 cm.
The book includes 45 photos from Buchenwald, Belzen and others, taken at liberation in the spring of 1945. Includes the noted picture of Nobel Prize winner Eli Wiesel in Buchenwald taken by soldier Miller. The book ends with photos of General Eisenhower, testifying to the atrocities in the Ohrdruf camp. These photos were used as testimony in the Nuremberg Trials. Lack of organization prevented this work from reaching the civilian population, and only solitary copies remain today. The book's good condition makes it especially rare. Not in the National Library. 
Very fine condition.
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KZ Bildbericht. Picture album, first-hand testimony to

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