Photograph of crematorium at Dachau

Identifier
irn44711
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.25.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lucia Manetta

Lucia Manetta donated this photograph to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in December 2011.

Scope and Content

Consists of one photograph depicting American soldiers standing outside the crematorium in the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp. The soldiers are examining a pile of corpses.

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Genre

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