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The bodies of former prisoners are piled in the crematorium mortuary in the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 06112

The bodies of former prisoners are piled in the crematorium mortuary in the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp.

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Caption: The bodies of former prisoners are piled in the crematorium mortuary in the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp.
Date: 1945 April 29
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Norman Sommers

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Norman Sommers

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Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES CREMATORIA DACHAU INTERIORS MORGUES/MORTUARIES
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Victims -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 2012-05-21 00:00:00
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