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American congressmen view the open ovens in the Buchenwald crematorium.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 37263

American congressmen view the open ovens in the Buchenwald crematorium.

Overview

Caption: American congressmen view the open ovens in the Buchenwald crematorium.
Date: 1945 April 24
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
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-?

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Keyword: AMERICANS BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS CONGRESS/CONGRESSMEN CREMATORIA INSPECTIONS PHOTOGRAPHS (SIGNAL CORPS) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Crematoria/Gas Chambers/Human Remains

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