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View of the door of the gas chamber in Dachau.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 61037
View of the door of the gas chamber in Dachau.

View of the door of the gas chamber in Dachau.

Date
May 1945
Locale
Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Crematoria/Gas Chambers/Human Remains
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Guthrie Smith

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Biography
Guthrie Smith was inducted into the army on March 30, 1943 and received a battlefield commission as 2nd Lieutenant on January 25, 1945. He served in the 100th counterintelligence corps of the 100th infantry division of the 7th Army. He later rose to the rank of captain.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Guthrie Smith
Source Record ID: Collections: 2004.504
 
Record last modified: 2004-11-23 00:00:00
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