"This tatoo [sic] came from a man's chest" [Buchenwald]

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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

06080100PHBU00POULAN013.JPG

Citation

Poulis, Andy (Donor), “"This tatoo [sic] came from a man's chest" [Buchenwald],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed March 29, 2024, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/403.

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