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Urns to be used for human remains stacked upon shelves at Buchenwald.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 74764

Urns to be used for human remains stacked upon shelves at Buchenwald.

Overview

Caption: Urns to be used for human remains stacked upon shelves at Buchenwald.
Date: 1945 April 28
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany?
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stephen Jacobs

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Stephen Jacobs

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS CREMATION INTERIORS URNS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Interiors

Administrative Notes

Biography: Dr. William Garrison Birch, served with the 45th Evacuation Hospital. as a U.S. Army medical officer.

Record last modified:: 2016-10-11 00:00:00
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