Recently, the Bagnówka Cemetery Restoration Project (BCRP) acquired World War II Luftwaffe Aerial Images of the Bagnówka Jewish Cemetery in Białystok, Poland from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). These images are part of more than 1.25 million German aerial photographic prints seized at the end of World War II.
In a report we have posted in our JHE Jewish Cemeteries Portal, Dr. Heidi M. Szpek, translator and historian of the cemetery, details how the images shed stark light on the history of Jewish Białystok during and immediately after World War II., and how analysis of them will play a significant role in ongoing cemetery research and in guiding the BCRP’s current efforts and future plans.
Her report is the latest in a series of articles by Szpek about Bagnówka that we have been publishing.