Klaus Sasse's Pictures from Russian Prisoner Camps

<p>Some time back I posted a question about Klaus Sasse's <em> Bilder aus russischer Kriegsgefangenschaft Erinnerungen und Fotos aus Jelaguba und anderen sowjetischen Lagern 1945-1949. </em><br /> I went and bought the book and would now like to recommend it to anyone interested in Minox 8x11 photography. The book is published by Waxmann, 2007, Münster and it's the second edition which is now available. It is a book in the series "Rückblick, Autobiographische Materialen" from the Osnabrück Museum of Cultural History.<br /> It's not only the pictures which are astounding, but also the text which quite readable for anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of German. Here are three of the very evocative and quite courageous pictures by Klaus Sasse to whet your curiosity:</p>

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<li><a href="http://abdallah.hiof.no/20081204-sasse/sasse-002.jpg">Ill. 9 Convenience stop on the way from Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) to Kasan 1945</a> </li>

<li><a href="http://abdallah.hiof.no/20081204-sasse/sasse-001.jpg">Ill. 30 Prisoners pulling logs at the Kosyltau forest camp near Jelabuga in the fall of 1945 where they were sent to cut firewood for the town.</a> </li>

<li><a href="http://abdallah.hiof.no/20081204-sasse/sasse-003.jpg">Ill. 79 Clearing snow off the roof a prisoners barrack in the Selenodolsk camp in March 1947.</a> </li>

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<p>- Børre<br />  </p>

<p>Hi Børre,<br>

I'm afraid this kind of camps still excist in the Russian outlands and elsewhere...<br>

Thanks for sharing<br>

- Rob</p>