Labor camp for political prisoners in the Emsland region of Germany, 1935 – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Labor camp for political prisoners in the Emsland region of Germany, 1935 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Labor camp for political prisoners in the Emsland region of Germany, 1935
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A railway line running through the Emsland moors of northwest Germany is the detail that sets this 1935 print apart, since the record's subject tags point to rail transport alongside the camp itself. The Emsland camps were among the first large detention sites the Nazi government opened after it took power in 1933, and they held political prisoners, including communists and social democrats, who were forced to cut peat and drain the marshland under harsh conditions. Because the caption information is old and unverified, the exact location and purpose of the tracks shown here are best read as likely connected to moving labor and materials across the bog.
| Created / published | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ger.--Hist.--1935; Ger.--Emsland Region; Railroads--Foreign; Prisoners...; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,187 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140050 |
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