Post War Liberation Photos of Dachau Concentration Camp April 29 - May 10, 1945

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.104b

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Date

1945

Files

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Description

A black and white photograph of two men in striped clothes pulling an emaciated body with tongs. 'H.W. 2' on top left.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Two survivors of Dachau demonstrate the operation of the crematorium to soldiers by dragging with forceps a body toward the ovens.

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 3 1/2"

Keywords

concentration camp, execution, death

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Post War Liberation Photos of Dachau Concentration Camp April 29 - May 10, 1945" (1945). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.104b.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/785