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A sign that hung on the wall of the crematorium in Buchenwald.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 06494
A sign that hung on the wall of the crematorium in Buchenwald. It reads: "No loathesome worms should feast on my body. [Instead] the pure flames should consume it. I always loved the warmth and light, and for that reason you should not bury but cremate me."

A sign that hung on the wall of the crematorium in Buchenwald.

It reads: "No loathesome worms should feast on my body. [Instead] the pure flames should consume it. I always loved the warmth and light, and for that reason you should not bury but cremate me."

Date
1945 April 16
Locale
Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Crematoria/Gas Chambers/Human Remains
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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Photo Source
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public Domain
Source Record ID: 111-SC-264704 (Album 1715)
 
Record last modified: 2009-06-09 00:00:00
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