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

Photograph | Photograph Number: 49660
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."

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 Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Victims -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stuart McKeever

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Stuart McKeever
Source Record ID: Collections: 1996.A.71
 
Record last modified: 2013-02-19 00:00:00
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