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Buchenwald camp crematoria. Germany, April 23, 1945. [LCID: 80254]
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Crematoria

A crematory is a large facility where human remains are burned and reduced to ashes. During the Holocaust (1933-1945), the Nazis established crematoria across their vast camp system to dispose of their victims’ bodies. Explore more content related to crematoria in Nazi camps and killing centers. 

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Four male soldiers with dark skin tone stand in front of a crematorium oven. Two men stand to the left of the open oven wearing helmets with their hands on their belts. The first man to the right of the open oven is holding what appears to be an open urn and looking down. The man to the far right is wearing a helmet with his hands down at his sides.
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African American soldiers pose in the Ebensee camp
A group of people work in the middle of a field with a fence around it. Trees, buildings, and two smoke stacks can be seen in the background.
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An Auschwitz-Birkenau crematorium under construction
Auschwitz II (Birkenau) camp, summer 1944 [LCID: auc22023]
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Auschwitz II (Birkenau) camp, summer 1944
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Bergen-Belsen - Photograph
A pile of victims burns in the middle of a fenced in clearing surrounded by trees. Several people stand in the pile and move bodies. There is a large cloud of smoke rising from the pile.
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Cremation of corpses at Auschwitz-Birkenau
Two large piles of partially cremated remains sit on the floor in front of a row of crematorium ovens.
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Crematoria and remains in the Majdanek camp
The crematoria at Dachau concentration camp, soon after the liberation of the camp. [LCID: 85670]
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Crematoria at the Dachau camp
The crematoria at the Gusen camp, a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp, still held human remains after liberation. [LCID: 80746]
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Crematoria at the Gusen camp
A crematorium at the Majdanek camp, outside Lublin. [LCID: 8510]
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Crematorium at the Majdanek camp
American soldiers finish their inspection of Dachau's first crematorium. [LCID: 02068]
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Crematorium building in Dachau
A man stands in front of an open brick crematorium oven holding a long handled fire iron. He is wearing a light long sleeved button up with the sleeves rolled and long pants. He has very short medium dark hair and light skin tone.
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Crematorium in Dachau
After the liberation of the Flossenbürg camp, a US Army officer (right) examines a crematorium oven in which Flossenbürg camp victims ... [LCID: 85707]
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Crematorium oven in Flossenbürg
Two survivors wearing protective mitts each grasp one handle of a large metal tool used to move dead bodies. The tool grasps the head of a corpse being drug across the floor towards the crematorium ovens.
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Demonstrating the operation of the Dachau crematorium
Four men stand in front of a crematorium oven Two of the men stand next to a corpse lying on the floor, one at the head and one by the feet. Both are wearing protective mitts and using metal tools to hold and move the corpse. A stretcher sits on the floor next to the corpse. The other two men stand behind the stretcher. The man on the right is wearing protective mitts and holding what appears to be a large fire poker.
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Demonstrating the operation of the Dachau crematorium
Survivors of the Dachau concentration camp demonstrate the operation of the crematorium by pushing a corpse into one of the ovens. [LCID: 15026]
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Demonstrating the operation of the Dachau crematorium
Three brick crematorium ovens sit along the back wall of a large room. Three men with light skin tone and short dark hair stand on either side of a corpse on a small stretcher. The corpse is in the process of being placed inside of the center oven.
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Demonstrating the operation of the Dachau crematorium

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