Crematory Key

Loan from Christopher and Reba-Jean Pichette • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

About this item

This crematorium key from a Nazi concentration camp was brought back from Dietz, Germany, by a member of the liberating American forces. The young soldier who took the key locked the door with the fervent hope that the death chamber would never be used again. The key belongs to the Pichette family of Ashfield, Massachusetts, and reminds them of the important accomplishments of American soldiers in World War II (1939-1945.)

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Item typeTools & Equipment
Datecirca 1940
PlaceGermany
TopicMilitary, Wars, Battles
EraGreat Depression and World War II, 1929–1945
EventWorld War II. 1939–1945
MaterialMetal
Catalog #M.36
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Crematory Key. ca. 1940. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/m-36/. Accessed on December 26, 2024.

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