Ohrdruf in WW2 History | World War II Database

4 Apr 1945

Germany

Troops of US 89th Infantry Division captured Ohrdruf Concentration Camp in Germany, which was a satellite of Buchenwald Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Buchenwald Concentration Camp | Ohrdruf, Gotha | CPC]

12 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 12 Apr 1945

Survivors of Ohrdruf Concentration Camp demonstrating a method of torture they were subjected, Thuringia, Germany, 12 Apr 1945; Alois Liethe (mustached) was interpretor to Eisenhower

Patton preparing to depart from the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp in Thuringia, Germany, 12 Apr 1945

George Patton, Omar Bradley, and Walton Walker touring the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, Gotha, Germany, 12 Apr 1945

American generals touring Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, Gotha, Germany, 12 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3

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