J. A. Topf and Sons was an engineering company, founded in 1878 in Erfurt, Germany by Johannes Andreas Topf. Originally, it made heating systems and brewing and malting equipment. Later, the company d
Former administration building
The crematorium at Buchenwald, showing the two, triple-muffle ovens, 1959
Internal memo 8 Sep 1942, regarding an order for Auschwitz ovens. See citation for a translation.
Auschwitz gas chamber, 2003
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. Squatting typically occurs w
Topf and Sons
…should not profit from Holocaust crimes. He was later involved with researching the history of the firm and in setting up the memorial site and museum. Squatters moved onto part of the site of the former factory on 12 April 2001 and set up an independent culture centre known as Das Besetzte Haus (the occupied…
Abahlali baseMjondolo protest in Durban
Derelict swimming pool at the Ducor Hotel (Liberia)
Street dwellers in Mumbai