Ohrdruf liberation photographs

Identifier
irn74537
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.99.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn74537

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Kenneth E. Nichols

Biographical History

Kenneth E. Nichols was a member of the 89th Infantry Division during World War II. He worked as a truck driver for the Signal Corps and laid communications wires for an artillery unit. Mr. Nichols participated in the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dave Nichols

Dave Nichols donated his father's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of 14 photographs taken after the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945 by Kenneth E. Nichols, a member of the 89th Infantry Division. Includes photographs of corpses and of American soldiers walking amongst the bodies.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.