Corpses piled in the mortuary below the crematorium. These rooms became so full of corpses that the SS staff and survivors began to pile corpses behind the crematorium, where they were found by U.S. troops during the liberation of the camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 85674

Overview

Caption: Corpses piled in the mortuary below the crematorium. These rooms became so full of corpses that the SS staff and survivors began to pile corpses behind the crematorium, where they were found by U.S. troops during the liberation of the camp.
Date: 1945 April 29 - May 1945
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 338-Cases Tried--box 289--file 000-50-2
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Lawrence Rubin
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: David Wittenstein

Source Record ID: Keystone 65464

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES CREMATORIA DACHAU MORGUES/MORTUARIES PHOTOGRAPHS (SIGNAL CORPS)
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Victims -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation