Overview
- Description
- Photographic print: black and white image of sign reading, “This Area is being retained as a shrine to the 238,000 individuals who were cremated here / Please don’t destroy.” With urns and cross hanging on the wall behind it; inscription on verso: “Dachau / April 1946.” Brought home from WWII by Cpl Robert Weinel (donor’s father) who was stationed with the US Army in Germany during this time.
- Date
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1946 April
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Robert Weinel, II
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photograph.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use
- Copyright Holder
- Mr. Robert Weinel II
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Robert Weinel II, son of Robert Weinel.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:39:50
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn716001
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