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Josef Hajman, a four-year-old Jew from Slovakia, brought to Auschwitz concentration camp at the start of November 1944

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Archive

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Oświęcim, Poland

Josef Hajman, a four-year-old Jew from Slovakia, brought to Auschwitz concentration camp at the start of November 1944. The child was diagnosed as having third degree alimentary dystrophy (wasting syndrome), vitamin deficiency and internal haemorrhaging. He died on 30th March 1945. Photograph taken during an examination of former prisoners conducted by physicians from the Extraordinary State Commission of the Soviet Union for the Investigation of Crimes of the German-Fascist Aggressors, February-March 1945. Source: APMA-B

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  • Title: Josef Hajman, a four-year-old Jew from Slovakia, brought to Auschwitz concentration camp at the start of November 1944
  • Creator: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Archive
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

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