Ohrdruf, Elizabeth Brown

The corpse of a naked, emaciated prisoner next to the corpses of two SS guards

Elizabeth O. Brown interview

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Brown's husband served with the 665th Topographical Engineers and witnessed the liberation of Ohrdruf. Location of interview: Douglasville, Georgia.

A group of liberators looks at the corpse of a naked, emaciated prisoner laid next to the corpses of two SS guards

Liberators look at two dead SS guards

Townspeople dig individual graves for corpses of prisoners

Liberators oversee townspeople burying the corpses of prisoners

Townspeople shroud corpses of prisoners

Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial

Corpses of prisoners laid out for burial near a pile of stakes

Townspeople dig individual graves for corpses of prisoners