The people in these caskets Survived the Holocaust--only to be murdered by an antisemitic mob just over a year later.
In 1946, a large crowd of civilians, police officers, and soldiers gathered outside the Jewish Committee building in Kielce, Poland. They were furious because a local Polish boy claimed he'd been kidnapped and held at the building. In reality, he'd run away from home and lied to avoid being punished.
Police investigated, but the crowd grew restless. Eventually, shots were fired into the Jewish Committee building, and dozens of Jews were beaten to death in the streets. 3% When Polish photographer Julia Pirotte arrived in Kielce, the mob had murdered 42 Jews and wounded many others.
She captured the heartbreak at the funeral in this scene, and photographed survivors hospitalized from their injuries. Although the Holocaust ended in 1945, hatred of JewS across Europe remained.

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