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Eden Park Auschwitz 1981. Police cordon on railway line.
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of a line of riot police officers during the anti-Springbok tour protests. The police officers are standing guard behind a barbed wire perimeter on the train tracks near Morningside Drive. Spray painted on the wall next to them are the words "Eden Park Auschwitz 1981".
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- Title: Eden Park Auschwitz 1981. Police cordon on railway line.
- Creator: John Mercer
- Creator Lifespan: b. 1949
- Creator Nationality: New Zealander
- Creator Birth Place: New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Date Created: September 12, 1981
- Location: Kingsland (Auckland, N.Z.)
- Physical Dimensions: 35 mm frame
- Subject Keywords: Rugby football--Political aspects--New Zealand, Anti-apartheid movements--New Zealand, Protest movements--New Zealand, Racism, New Zealand Police--History
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: Police cordon across rail lines behind hastily erected barricades of barbed wire. Police sandwiched between bins and barbed wire across the rail lines. I assume that the lumber mill in background has been removed sometime over the past 35 years.
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