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Ohrdruf liberation photographs

Document | Accession Number: 2012.406.1

Consists of 20 photographs taken after the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945 by an unknown member of the American Army. Includes images of corpses immediately after liberation, of preparing, transporting, and burying these corpses, and of a pyre on which corpses were burned.

Date
inclusive:  1945-1945
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joel Adelman

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Joel Adelman donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012. He received the photographs from a high school classmate whose father was a liberator.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2023-02-24 13:39:57
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