1981 International Liberators Conference collection Ohrdruf
Extent and Medium
folders
3
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Scope and Content
Contains testimonies, letters, and other materials relating to the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp and North Stalag III near Ohrdruf. Included is information about activities of the 4th U.S. Armored Division and other Allied military units involved in the liberation, gas chambers and crematoria found in the camp, and last-minute killings of prisoners by German guards before liberation. Also included are copies of photographs of Ohrdruf death scenes and clean-up efforts of liberators.
People
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 6th
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 4th
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 65th
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 89th
- Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Tank Destroyer Battalion, 602nd
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
- Gas chambers.
- Crematoriums.
- Starvation.
- Executions and executioners.
- Gotha (Germany)
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
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