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

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

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    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 Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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    National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
    Copyright: Public Domain
    Source Record ID: 111-SC-264704 (Album 1715)

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    Record last modified:
    2009-06-09 00:00:00
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