Overview
- Description
- Consists of one original document, 2 pages, entitled "Das Krematorium in Dachau," a typed 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 crematoria Kommandos, and the facilities for housing the SS attack dogs.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of D.W. Mellrath
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- D.W. Mellrath donated this document to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:41:19
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