During an official tour of the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, an Austrian Jewish survivor describes to General Dwight Eisenhower and the members of his entourage the use of the gallows in the camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 77190

Overview

Caption: During an official tour of the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, an Austrian Jewish survivor describes to General Dwight Eisenhower and the members of his entourage the use of the gallows in the camp.

Among those pictured is Jules Grad, correspondent for the U.S. Army newspaper "Stars and Stripes" (on the right).
Photographer: Moore
Date: 1945 April 12
Locale: Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 153-Case files 1944-49--box 273--file 12-468
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: David Wherry

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID GALLOWS INSPECTIONS JEWS (AUSTRIAN) MILITARY OFFICERS OHRDRUF SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SUB-CAMPS SURVIVORS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Ohrdruf -- LIBERATION -- Inspection/Investigation