Warsaw getto uprising?

[Gran Sasso]

Just came upon that one - does anybody know whats going on here?

[John Pen.]

What's on the back of photo?
Jp

[John Pen.]

Love the potato masher, good for head bonking I suppose.
Looks more like a late war scene in Germany though, ihmo.
Jp

[Gran Sasso]

What's on the back of photo?
Jp

Just glue-traces and paper mark "AGFA-Brovira"

[Gran Sasso]

Looks more like a late war scene in Germany though, ihmo.
Jp

Polish Kapos in germany? I doubt that - and (apart from the soldier) the people do not look very german IMO.

[Norman Hamilton]

A club AND a grenade....

[anmarlodz]

Polish Kapos in germany? I doubt that - and (apart from the soldier) the people do not look very german IMO.

who said they are polish ? I see only a bunch of people and a german soldier.

[John Pen.]

A club AND a grenade....

...maybe not a good idea.... but maybe a threat of "tap" would strike fear.

[John Pen.]

Trying to make out "Polish language" but I can't see it....could be German too. no?

[HPL2008]

My guess would be that the civilians with the brassards are Jewish Ghetto Policemen.

The first word is very likely "Judenrat", the second one certainly is "Polizei". Below this would be the Polish equivalent.

The types of brassards worn by the Ghetto Police differed greatly from Ghetto to Ghetto. Some examples:

http://www.historama.com/online-reso...ttoPolice1.jpg
http://www.holocaustresearchproject....o%20ghetto.jpg
http://www.holocaustresearchproject....%20ghetto..jpg

Perhaps the above photo was even taken at this event:
http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhi.../august/06.asp

[John Pen.]

HPL2008,
Nice inight and info, I now concur with your guess.
Nice photo, Gran Sasso!
Jp

[anmarlodz]

Warsaw ghetto uprising was crushed by SS and Police , not by Army units. Here you can see Army soldier.
in my opinion it is more probably that is photo from september 1939.
if there was clearly visible polish words meaning police or oder polish words that I would I agree that it could have been taken in Poland.

[Admiraal]

Warsaw ghetto uprising was crushed by SS and Police , not by Army units. Here you can see Army soldier.
in my opinion it is more probably that is photo from september 1939.
if there was clearly visible polish words meaning police or oder polish words that I would I agree that it could have been taken in Poland.

I thought local Army (training) units helped as well?

[PZIV]

Love the potato masher, good for head bonking I suppose.
Looks more like a late war scene in Germany though, ihmo.
Jp

Very good one.

[Gran Sasso]

My guess would be that the civilians with the brassards are Jewish Ghetto Policemen.

The first word is very likely "Judenrat", the second one certainly is "Polizei". Below this would be the Polish equivalent.

The visible part of the armband reads:

"...DT-POLIZ..."
"...SKA POLI..."