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[edit]| Inscription | Nicht ekle Würmer soll mein Leib ernähren. [No loathsome worms should feast on my body.Die reine Flamme, - die soll ihn verzehren. Ich liebte stets die Wärme und das Licht, Darum verbrennet und begrabt mich nicht. [Instead] the pure flames should consume it. I always loved the warmth and light, and for that reason you should not bury but cremate me.] |
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English: A sign that hung on the wall of the crematorium in Buchenwald. |
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| Depicted place | Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 16 April 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Photograph #06494 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20:39, 2 August 2007 |  | 480 × 312 (26 KB) | USHMM (talk | contribs) | A sign that hung on the wall of the crematorium in Buchenwald. It reads: "No loathesome worms should feast on my body. [Instead] the pure flames should consume it. I always loved the warmth and light, and for that reason you should not bury but cremate me |
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