Title from caption on object: “One Day's Work”

April 1945

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.9 × 21.4 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.3 × 22.9 cm (7 3/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.370

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

bottom left US Signal Corps logo printed in negative; on verso, top left printed in black ink on applied label: CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AXIS AND / RUSSIAN CAMPS; by unknown hand, top center in red ink crossed out: Concentration Camps; upper left stamped in blue ink inverted: MAY 6 1945; lower center Acme copyright stamp in red ink; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied label inverted: W 757904. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NEW YORK BUREAU / ONE DAY'S WORK / WEIMAR, GERMANY -- THIS UNTIDY HEAP OF ASHES AND BONES / REPRESENTS A SINGLE DAY'S KILLING AT THE GERMAN / CONCENTRATION CAMP AT WEIMAR. EACH DAY A SIMILAR PILE, / THE REMAINS OF MURDERED PRISONERS, WAS BROUGHT OUT / INTO THE CAMP'S COURTYARD. THE HORROR CAMP IS NOW IN / THE HANDS OF THE U.S. THIRD ARMY. / FULL 4/25/45 (RK) / CREDIT LINE (SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO FROM ACME)

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