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Two ovens inside the crematorium at the Dachau concentration camp. [LCID: 80722]
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Two ovens inside the Dachau crematorium

Two ovens inside the crematorium at the Dachau concentration camp. Dachau, Germany, July 1, 1945.

This image is among the commonly reproduced and distributed  images of liberation. These photographs provided powerful documentation of the crimes of the Nazi era.

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Dachau liberation photographers
  • National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum

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