The Sobibor Perpetrator Collection provides an unprecedented view into the operations of one of the five killing centers Nazi Germany established for the sole purpose of murdering Jews. Created by the camp’s deputy commandant Johann Niemann, this large collection of recently discovered photographs and documents offers insights into the implementation of the Final Solution, its interrelation with the mass murder of hospital patients (Aktion T4), and the workings of Sobibor, located in German-occupied Poland, and in operation from April 1942 until November 1943. Read the press release.
The Sobibor Perpetrator Collection provides an unprecedented view into the operations of one of the five killing centers Nazi Germany.
From April 1942 until mid-October 1943, the German SS and their auxiliaries killed at least 167,000 people at Sobibor.
Browse more than 360 black and white photographs and dozens of paper documents that chronicle Johann Niemann’s life.
Learn how an “ordinary German” became a professional killer.
This day-long symposium brought together scholars from the US and Europe to discuss the Sobibor Perpetrator Collection.
Access the Musem’s press release, photographs, and Holocaust survivor testimonies.
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Bildungswerk Stanislaw Hantz, in cooperation with the Forschungsstelle Ludwigsburg of the University of Stuttgart, researched and contextualized the materials in this collection, the findings of which were published in a book. The English edition, titled From “Euthanasia” to Sobibor: An SS Officer’s Photo Collection, was published in November 2022.
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