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Auschwitz Picture: Large Pile of Prayer Shawls in a Wherehouse at Auschwitz


(Picture from the National Archives, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.)
A large pile of prayer shawls (tallesim, tallitot), that were confiscated from arriving prisoners, are stored in one of the warehouses in Auschwitz. (After January 27, 1945)

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