Corpses piled in the crematorium mortuary. These rooms became so full of bodies that the SS staff and survivors began piling them behind the crematorium, where they were found by U.S. troops during the liberation of the camp.
Photograph | Photograph Number: 85673
- Date
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1945 April 29 - May 1945
- Locale
- Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Victims -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Corpses piled in the crematorium mortuary. These rooms became so full of bodies that the SS staff and survivors began piling them behind the crematorium, where they were found by U.S. troops during the liberation of the camp.
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Record last modified: 1996-05-07 00:00:00
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