Hundreds of newly discovered photographs, including some taken at the Sobibor death camp, represent a 'quantum leap' in research into Nazi crimes against humanity, historians at the Berlin museum Topography of Terror have said
Hundreds of newly discovered photographs, including some taken at the Sobibor death camp, represent a "quantum leap" in research into Nazi crimes against humanity, historians at the Berlin museum Topography of Terror have said.
The photos were discovered by a descendant of SS officer Johann Niemann and handed over to Martin Cueppers, a historian at the University of Stuttgart, in 2015 who studied the material. Where previously there had been only two surviving photos from Sobibor, the Niemann collection threw up a further 49 snapshots, said Stefan Haenschen from the Stanislaw Hantz organisation which runs tours at the camp.
The historians were cautious however, saying that they could not be totally certain the photos showed the convicted Nazi guard.
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