| Executions of Jews by German army mobile killing units (Einsatzgruppen) near Ivangorod, Ukraine. The photo was mailed from the Eastern Front to Germany and intercepted at a Warsaw post office by a member of the Polish resistance collecting documentation on Nazi war crimes. The original print was owned by Science Professor Tadeusz Mazur (June 28, 1940 – February 4, 2000) and resistance fighter and photographer Jerzy Tomaszewski ((1924 – 26 January 2016), who obtained the photo, and now resides in Historical Archives in Warsaw. The original German inscription on the back of the photograph reads, “Ukraine 1942, Jewish Action [operation], Ivangorod.” Neo-Nazis have denied the validity of this photo, claiming the uniforms and weapons are not German; that it is Soviet soldiers executing enemies of Stalin; that Polish Communists fabricated it to falsely accuse Germany of war crimes. The photo has been repeatedly examined and shown to be German soldiers executing Ukrainian Jews in 1942. A 2nd photo was published, depicting the same time and place, showing the same men with a mass grave. | |
| Image Filename | wwii2239.jpg |
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| Image Dimensions | 2528 x 1744 |
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| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | January 1, 1942 |
| Location | |
| City | Ivangorod |
| State or Province | Ukraine |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Archive | Central Archives of Historical Records |
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| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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