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An American soldier in the new crematorium in Dachau, which was completed in May 1944.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 00316

An American soldier in the new crematorium in Dachau, which was completed in May 1944.

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Caption: An American soldier in the new crematorium in Dachau, which was completed in May 1944.
Date: May 1945
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Francis Robert Arzt

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Francis Robert Arzt

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Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS CREMATORIA DACHAU INTERIORS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Crematoria/Gas Chambers/Human Remains

Record last modified:: 2011-11-23 00:00:00
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