Every day there is a steady flow of visitors to Auschwitz from all parts of Europe, visiting the barracks, the crematorium, and the museum

Every day there is a steady flow of visitors to Auschwitz from all parts of Europe, visiting the barracks, the crematorium, and the museum

Photograph

Robert Capa

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1913–1954

Every day there is a steady flow of visitors to Auschwitz from all parts of Europe, visiting the barracks, the crematorium, and the museum

From Poland Today


1949
Gelatin silver print
Image: 21.2 x 32.4 cm
Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2005
2005.0909.0007
Inscriptions verso (typed label): [series title and description)

verso (stamp): See 20 Aug 1949 Illustrated

verso (stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library / 191, High Holborn, W.C.1 / Must be returned undamaged

verso (stamp): Please Credit / Robert Capa-Magnam / Magnam Photos / 58 West 8th Street / New York NY

verso (ink): Poland Places - Auschwitz Camp

verso (pencil): [3]3 24/8 / RC 72 / 7500
TextIn the towns, the music of rebuilding machines is played for the country murdered by the Nazis. In the country, the tiny farms, unchanged for centuries, are helping to feed Britain
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