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

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn542672

Extent and Medium

folder

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

Corporate Bodies

Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)

Subjects

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

Genre

Document
Photograph.

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.