"The image captures all the horror of the Shoah: a Nazi points a gun at a man's head, who looks at the camera with an almost defiant expression. Other German soldiers, and even a civilian, watch the scene without showing much emotion. It is an image of absolute evil. Before the person about to be killed lies the abyss of a mass grave filled with corpses."
"Until now, the name of the killer was unknown. However, thanks to artificial intelligence and the collaboration of two family members, German historian Jurgen Matthaus has identified the perpetrator: Jakobus Onnen, who was 34 years old at the time and died in 1943 during an attack by Soviet partisans. The victim, however, remains unidentified. Matthaus published his finding in an article in the specialized journal Zeitschrift fur Geschichtswissenschaft (Journal of History)."
The photograph shows a Nazi pointing a gun at a man's head near a mass grave in Ukraine, 1941, epitomizing the Holocaust by Bullets. The image long lacked the shooter’s identity. Artificial intelligence and collaboration with two family members made possible the identification of the perpetrator as Jakobus Onnen, age 34 at the time; Onnen died in 1943 during an attack by Soviet partisans. The victim remains unidentified. The image, known as 'The Last Jew in Vinnitsa,' was first published by United Press in 1961 during the Adolf Eichmann trial after Holocaust survivor Al Moss handed it to UPI. Jurgen Matthaus corrected the photograph's location and examined its provenance. Matthaus recently retired from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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