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Congressman Edouard V. M. Izac (R-CA) interview
Content Note: Transcript of a video recording. Izac was a member of the Naval Affairs Committee in 1945. He served on the congressional committee requested by General Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1945 to visit several concentration camps shortly after…
Rabbi Judah Nadich interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Nadich served as a Major (and later as the advisor on Jewish affairs for General Eisenhower) with the Theater Headquarters, European Theater Operations, and was involved with the Displaced Persons…
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. …
General Eisenhower watches survivors demonstrate how they were tortured [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Caption text from separate sheet: "Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, watches grimly while occupants of a German concentration camp at Gotha demonstrate how they were tortured by the Nazi sadists operating the camp. …
General Eisenhower listens as a survivor describes atrocities committed by Germans at the camp [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Caption text from separate sheet: "Standing beside a well-used Gallow, Gen. Eisenhower listens while occupants of a former German concentration camp tell, through an interpreter, of atrocities committed by Germans operating the camp." …
General Eisenhower views prisoner corpses at Ohrdruf
Content Note: Caption text from separate sheet: "Eisenhower walks around a cluster of corpses representing the remains of many of the inmates at the camp at Gotha, lying where they were slain." Survivors and other Army personnel stand behind the…
"Gens. Patton and Eisenhower" [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. General Eisenhower (2nd from right) and General Patton (3rd from right) talk with other liberators. A reporter for Life magazine is taking notes. Numbered 41 on the reverse.
"Generals Patton and Eisenhower" [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. General Eisenhower and General Patton during their visit to Ohrdruf. Eisenhower is facing away from the camera. Patton is turned toward it. Other troops stand around them. Writing on reverse: "Walton…
"Concentration camp" [Generals Eisenhower and Patton at Ohdruf]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "Look in Time Magazine of 14 May/45 & you will see Gen. Eisenhower talking to the man under the arrow. I took these pictures--send them home to mother after you have seen…
Generals Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton at Ohrdruf
Content Note: Writing on reverse: "Bradley behine [sic] Ike. Patton following." Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton walk with American troops past a barrack. Numbered 63 on the reverse.