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The bodies of prisoners killed in Gusen assembled for cremation.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 21518

The bodies of prisoners killed in Gusen assembled for cremation.

Overview

Caption: The bodies of prisoners killed in Gusen assembled for cremation.
Date: 1945 May 12
Locale: Gusen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 111-SC-206475

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES GUSEN MAUTHAUSEN PHOTOGRAPHERS (SIGNAL CORPS) SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen Sub-Camps -- Gusen -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 2018-02-08 00:00:00
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