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Urns for the ashes of cremated prisoners in a storeroom under the crematoria.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 48479

Urns for the ashes of cremated prisoners in a storeroom under the crematoria.

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Caption: Urns for the ashes of cremated prisoners in a storeroom under the crematoria.
Date: 1945 May 06
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 111-SC-248098 (Album 3211)
KZ-Gedenkstaette Dachau

Copyright: Exclusively with source

Source Record ID: Dok. 3182

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ARTIFACTS CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU HUMAN REMAINS INSPECTIONS PHOTOGRAPHS (SIGNAL CORPS) URNS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Artifacts/Prisoners' Property

Record last modified:: 1996-04-23 00:00:00
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