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Newly Identified Photos Document Hamburg’s 1941 Deportation to the Litzmannstadt (Łódź) Ghetto

Researchers say USHMM images depict a Hamburg roundup, prompting a public effort to identify those shown.

Hamburg, Freitag, 24. Oktober 1941: Das Foto zeigt die Ankunft der Deportierten am 24. Oktober 1941 am Logenhaus. Auf dem Gehweg vor dem Logenhaus in der Hamburger Moorweidenstraße 36 stehen Menschen zwischen beschriftetem Gepäck in kleinen Gruppen, sie begrüßen sich, unterhalten sich und warten. Das Foto wurde aus erhöhter Position vermutlich aus dem Gebäude aufgenommen.
Die Bilder werden im United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington verwahrt.
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Overview

  • The images come from an album attributed to Bernhardt Colberg of Reserve-Polizeibataillon 101 and are held by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
  • The photos show persecuted residents arriving at the Logenhaus collection point and being driven by police truck to the Hannoverscher Bahnhof.
  • Historians overturned earlier readings that labeled the scenes as air-raid evacuations, citing details such as carefully packed luggage and the lack of significant bombings at that time.
  • More than 1,000 Jewish residents were deported on 25 October 1941 to the Litzmannstadt ghetto under strict packing rules and after searches and thefts by Gestapo and Nazi financial officials.
  • The team led by Freie Universität Berlin and Hamburg memorial institutions invites public tips, with the images available online and a pop-up display scheduled in Hamburg from 4 November 2025 to 6 January 2026.