"Das Krematorium in Dachau"

Identifier
irn505914
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.14
  • RG-04.060
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505914

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Willy Furlan-Horst

Biographical History

Willy Furlan-Horst was born June 16, 1896 in Trieste. He was Roman Catholic and lived and worked in Vienna as a film director. In December 1939, he was arrested in Poland. In March 1943, he was sent to Dachau, where he was the kapo of his barracks. His prisoner number at Dachau was 45086.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Saul Gordon donated the document to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jan. 1990. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the document by transfer from Art & Artifacts branch on Sept. 13, 1995.

Scope and Content

Consists of a copy of "Das Krematorium in Dachau," a four-page eyewitness report given by Willy Furlan-Horst shortly after the liberation of Dachau. The report describes the interior of the crematoria, the gas chambers, the procedures for torture and execution of prisoners, the duties of the Kommandos, and the facilities for housing the SS attack dogs.

System of Arrangement

"Das Krematorium in Dachau" is a single item.

People

  • Furlan-Horst, Willy.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Crematoriums--Germany.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Germany.
  • Germany.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.