"Das Krematorium in Dachau"

Identifier
irn60837
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.168.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60837

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Willy Furlan-Horst

Biographical History

Willy Furlan-Horst was born June 16, 1896 in Trieste. He was Roman Catholic and lived and worked in Vienna as a film director. In December 1939, he was arrested in Poland. In March 1943, he was sent to Dachau, where he was the kapo of his barracks. His prisoner number at Dachau was 45086.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Howard Malaky

Howard Malaky donated an original copy of "Das Krematorium in Dachau" to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of a copy of "Das Krematorium in Dachau," an eyewitness report given by Willy Furlan-Horst shortly after the liberation of Dachau. The report describes the interior of the crematoria, the gas chambers, the procedures for torture and execution of prisoners, the duties of the Kommandos, and the facilities for housing the SS attack dogs.

People

  • Furlan-Horst, Willy.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Sonderkommandos--Germany.
  • Gas chambers--Germany.
  • Torture.
  • Crematoriums--Germany.
  • Animal attacks.

Genre

  • Document
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