The first episode focuses on the photograph taken in the spring of 1943. It show a general view of a sentry tower, the gas chambers hidden underneath the canopy.
History in the Background
A series of short clips in which we analyse the archival photographs from the time of the camp’s functioning and the first years of the Museum.
A photograph is just a fracture of time captured in a second, but very often some important details hide barely noticeable in the background.
In the “History in the Background” series we focus exactly on those easy-to-miss details and describe the broader historical context of photographs. We will also hint on how to look at archival visual sources to extract more information. This project is addressed to researchers and also to everyone who wants to learn how to read photographs. Watch very carefully!