Photograph of corpses at Ohrdruf concentration camp

Identifier
irn515545
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.171
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515545

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Ralph Mosiello

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ralph Mosiello

The photograph was taken by Ralph Mosiello in 1945 and was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ralph Mosiello in 1991. Ralph Mosiello was a liberator at North Stalag III, Ohrdruf, Germany.

Scope and Content

The photograph depicts a pile of naked corpses in a doorway. It was taken after the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Dead persons--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Ohrdruf.

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.