Photograph from the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto, used as evidence during the Nuremberg Trials, 1945/6

The Jews in the photograph were taken out from a bunker after the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt in May 1943. The photograph was taken by the personal photographer of General Jϋrgen Stroop, who commanded the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt and its destruction. This photograph, and other photographs from the destruction of the ghetto were found in Stroop’s house by the American forces after the war, and became central pieces of evidence in the Nuremberg trials. After the trial, the photograph became a symbol of German brutality against the civilian population in general, and the Jews in particular.