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"One [liberator] thinks it over" [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. A liberator stands amid the corpses of prisoners laid out for burial. He has his rifle slung over his shoulder. The corpses are in rows with white stakes laid on top of them. White cloths are…
"2 SS Germans. Russians recognized in town and killed" [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Additional caption text: "Thses [sic] had put on civilian clothing." Four liberators stand over the corpses of two SS guards. One of the liberators is photographing the corpses. The clothing on the…
"The hanging or whipping post" [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Title from caption on reverse. A scaffold near barrack 19. Some clothing hangs from the branch of a tree behind the scaffold. Numbered 44 on the reverse.
Group of people sitting outside of Ohrdruf
Content Note: A group of people sit in a field outside of Ordruf. A few people stand together toward the righthand sit of those seated. In the background barracks are visible. Numbered 55 on the reverse.
"Civilians are forced to dig graves and handle bodies with bare hands" [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Title from caption on reverse. Townspeople dig a row of individual graves with shovels. In the background, a row of white stakes that may mark other graves are visible. Numbered 43 on the reverse.
Generals Eisenhower and Patton inspect the charred remains of prisoner corpses burned on a section of railroad track in the camp [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: General Eisenhower, General Bradley, and other American troops inspect charred human remains in a pile including railroad tracks. Another pile is visible in the background. In the distance, several military vehicles are visible. …
Henry DeJarnette and Lou Zullinger interview
Content Note: Transcript of a video recording. DeJarnette served with the Company A [division not given] and witnessed the liberation of Dachau. Zullinger was a photographer at the liberation of Ohrdruf. Location of interview: Washington, DC…
Colonel Carroll J. Williams interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Williams served as the Deputy Ordnance Officer of the 5th Corps Headquarters and as the designated Chief Ordnance and Intelligence Officer. He investigated factories at labor camps at Belsen Hohne (in…
Dr. Richard L. Schley interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Schley served as a battalion surgeon and witnessed the liberation of Ohrdruf. Later, he toured Mauthausen and Gusen. Location of interview: Savannah, Georgia.
Frank F. Hamburger, Jr., interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Hamburger served with Company C, 260th Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division and witnessed the liberation of Ohrdruf. Location of interview: Columbus, Georgia.