Auschwitz : mécanique de la sélection sur la rampe. L'album photo.

Réalisées par deux SS chargés des photos d'identité au camp d'Auschwitz, les photographies de l'arrivée des Juifs hongrois à l'été 1944 se trouvent sur le site de Yad Vashem. Elles permettent de se rendre compte visuellement du processus de sélection: http://www1.yadvashem.org/exhibitions/album_auschwitz/10-13.html

L'introduction précise:

"Early summer 1944 was the apex of the deportation of Hungarian Jewry. For this purpose a special rail line was extended from the railway station outside the camp to a ramp inside Auschwitz Many of the photos in the album were taken on the ramp. The Jews then went through a selection process, carried out by SS doctors and wardens. Those considered fit for work were sent into the camp, where they were registered, deloused and distributed to the barracks. The rest were sent to the gas chambers. They were gassed under the guise of a harmless shower, their bodies were cremated and the ashes were strewn in a nearby swamp. The Nazis not only ruthlessly exploited the labor of those they did not kill immediately, they also looted the belongings the Jews brought with them. Even gold fillings were extracted from the mouths of the dead by a special detachment of inmates. The personal effects the Jews brought with them were sorted by inmates and stored in an area referred to by the inmates as "Canada": the ultimate land of plenty.
The photos in the album show the entire process except for the killing itself"