"This tatoo [sic] came from a man's chest" [Buchenwald]
Dublin Core
Title
"This tatoo [sic] came from a man's chest" [Buchenwald]
Creator
Poulis, Andy (Donor)
Description
Content Note: Title from caption on reverse. Additional caption text: "You can see the tits on each side. Five minutes after I was here I had that in my hand. Its [sic] tacked to a board and covered with celluloid." The section of human skin with a tattoo is mounted for display. It is being held on top of a wooden post so that it can be photographed. Copy made in May 1979. Numbered 89 on the reverse.
Identifier
06080100PHBU00POULAN013
06080100PHBU00POULAN013.JPG
Subject
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Poulis, Andy
Source
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4"; Paper size: 5" x 3 1/2" Reverse of photo: paper with photocopied caption taped to reverse.
Date
- - 1945
Contributor
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Rights
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Relation
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
Format
JPG (72 dpi); 69 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
Files
Citation
Poulis, Andy (Donor), “"This tatoo [sic] came from a man's chest" [Buchenwald],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed October 31, 2025, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/403.