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Crematorium

Though there were no gas chambers in Theresienstadt, the death toll was so great from starvation and disease that they were running out of room for graves. In September 1942, a crematorium was built.

Inside there is a small exhibit in the anteroom and then the ovens.

Virtual Theresienstadt | The Holocaust

All photographs © 1999 Jennifer Rosenberg

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