The Auschwitz Album: A Discussion with Tal Bruttmann (in French)

Discussion in French.

Join us on July 4 at 7 PM for an in-person discussion of “Un album d'Auschwitz: Comment les nazis ont photographié leurs crimes” with one of the authors, Tal Bruttmann.

Between mid-May and early July 1944, hundreds of thousands of Jews from Hungary were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. To show their superiors how well this large-scale logistical operation was being carried out, SS men photographed the arrival of the convoys to the threshold of the gas chambers, or to the camp for the minority who escaped immediate death.

These photographs, known as the “Auschwitz Album,” were found by a survivor, Lili Jacob, after the liberation of the camps, before being used as evidence in various trials.

The discussion will be followed by a bilingual Q&A. Tickets are $5.

The event will be taking place at the Montreal Holocaust Museum - 5151 Chem. de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine.