David Olère Burying the Remains of Children

David Olère Burying the Remains of Children by David Olère. 32x40 cm, Olère Family.
Olère's first assignment at Auschwitz was as a grave digger of bunker 2. His prisoner number, 106144, is seen both on his shirt and as a tattoo on his left arm.

David Olère: L'Oeil du Témoin/The Eyes of a Witness. New York: The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, 1989, p. 38.
Reprinted with permission from the Beate Klarsfeld Foundation.

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