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In the foreground are some fire irons which were used by Sonderkommando prisoners during the burning of corpses in the crematorium furnaces

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Oświęcim, Poland

In the foreground are some fire irons which were used by Sonderkommando prisoners during the burning of corpses in the crematorium furnaces. Further back to the right are boxes for taking out the ashes and on the left are some furnace grills. Photograph taken by Stanisław Łuczko, May 1945. Source: APMA-B

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  • Title: In the foreground are some fire irons which were used by Sonderkommando prisoners during the burning of corpses in the crematorium furnaces
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

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