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A door to a de-lousing chamber in Auschwitz. The note reads: Harmful gas! Entering endangers your life.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 14614

A door to a de-lousing chamber in Auschwitz. The note reads: Harmful gas! Entering endangers your life.

Overview

Caption: A door to a de-lousing chamber in Auschwitz. The note reads: Harmful gas! Entering endangers your life.
Photographer: Stanislaw Luczko
Date: February 1945
Locale: Auschwitz, [Upper Silesia] Poland
Variant Locale: Brzezinka
Birkenau
Auschwitz III
Monowitz
Auschwitz II
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Instytut Pamieci Narodowej

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Photo Source: Instytut Pamieci Narodowej

Copyright: Agency Agreement

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Keyword: AUSCHWITZ BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMPS GAS CHAMBERS KILLING CENTERS SIGNS SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS
Photo Designation: KILLING CENTERS -- Auschwitz -- LIBERATION -- Crematoria/Gas Chambers/Human Remains

Record last modified:: 2013-11-20 00:00:00
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