Definition of crematorium
crematoriums
orcrematoria
play \ˌkrē-mə-ˈtȯr-ē-ə, ˌkre-\People Are Reading
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Orwell’s friends died, then disappeared — the NKVD, Stalin’s secret police, built a special crematorium in Barcelona to dispose of the bodies.
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The outdoor memorial is steps away from the museum, and features the now-empty canisters on display behind glass in the hospital's original crematorium.
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Visitors to the site will be able to follow a complete ceremony: from the entry of the casket into the crematorium chapel until it’s fed into the oven.
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