Ohrdruf liberation photo

Identifier
irn542672
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.307.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael-Lee O'Brien Brockhouse.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Michael-Lee O'Brien Brockhouse in 2016.

Scope and Content

Photographic print: black and white image of American soldier standing next to open trailer loaded with corpses; caption handwritten on verso: “Murdered slaves about to get a decent burial / Ohrdruf, Germany”; dated April-May 1945; in English

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Genre

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