Pile of deceased prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp, found near the crematorium.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 49660

Overview

Caption: Pile of deceased prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp, found near the crematorium.

Original caption reads: "Dachau Atrocity Camp: Stacked like cordwood, naked bodies of inmates of the infamous Dachau concentration camp were awaiting cremation when the 7th U.S. Army troops liberated the camp. A pool of blood gathers on the floor."

Original caption from donated photograph reads: "Stacked like corwood, these bodies were awaiting cremation when Seventh Army troops liberated the camp. A pool of blood gathers on the floor."
Photographer: Sidney Blau
Date: 1945 April 30
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stuart McKeever

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Stuart McKeever

Source Record ID: Collections: 1996.A.71

Keyword: ATROCITIES CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES CREMATORIA DACHAU LIBERATION DAY PRISONERS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Victims -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation