"This is the basement of the crematorium...thats just a dummy hanging there..." [Buchenwald]

"This is the basement of the crematorium...thats just a dummy hanging there..." [Buchenwald]

Poulis, Andy (Donor)

Content Note: Title from the caption on the reverse. Additional caption text: "This is the basement of the Crematorium. This is where the[y] beat them and if they died they had an elevator that carried them up to the ovens. That's just a dummy hanging there to show the way they use to do string them up." The dummy is dressed in a prison uniform and is hanging from a hook in the wall by a cord around its neck. Copy made in May 1979. Numbered 92 on the reverse.

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Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Poulis, Andy

1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4"; Paper size: 5" x 3 1/2" Reverse of photo: paper with photocopied caption taped to reverse.

- - 1945

Emory University

Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.

Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.

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Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).

JPG (72 dpi); 56 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.