Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains close to the villages of Natzweiler and Struthof in the Gau Baden-Alsace of Germany, on territory annexed from France
Natzweiler-Struthof after liberation
View of Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp after liberation
Gate of Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp after liberation
Border fence at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Jewish skull collection
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The Jewish skull collection was an attempt by Nazi Germany to create an anthropological display to showcase the alleged racial inferiority of the "Jewish race" and to emphasize the Jews' status as Unt
Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
…the camp was liberated by the French First Army under the command of the U.S. Sixth Army Group on 23 November 1944. The anatomist August Hirt made a Jewish skull collection, whose purpose was to portray Jews as racially inferior, at the camp. A documentary movie was made about the 86 named men and women who were killed…
Menachem Taffel's body, part of the Jewish skeleton collection
Mugshot of Rudolf Brandt, c. 1946
Memorial plaque at the Institute of Anatomy, University of Strasbourg
Memorial plaque with names of the victims outside of the gas chamber at Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp