A soldier from the U.S. 7th Army examines the door to a gas chamber in the Dachau concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 61985

Overview

Caption: A soldier from the U.S. 7th Army examines the door to a gas chamber in the Dachau concentration camp.

Original caption reads, "Gas chambers, conveniently located near the crematory, are examined by a U.S. Army solider. These chambers were a part of the annihilation system at Dachau."
Photographer: Sidney Blau
Date: 1945 April 30
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 111-SC-206194 (Album 3210)
Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum)

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Source Record ID: 2118
Ministere des Anciens Combattants et Victimes de Guerre

Copyright: Exclusively with source

Source Record ID: 7/Guerre 1939-45: Europe

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU GAS CHAMBERS INSPECTIONS INTERIORS PHOTOGRAPHS (SIGNAL CORPS) SIGNS SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Crematoria/Gas Chambers/Human Remains