Photograph of corpses at Ohrdruf concentration camp

Document | Accession Number: 1991.171

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

Date: 1945 April
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ralph Mosiello

Document Creator: Ralph Mosiello
Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Ohrdruf.
Dead persons--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
Corporate Name: Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: 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.
Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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