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The charred remains of corpses burned by the SS prior to the evacuation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 12077

The charred remains of corpses burned by the SS prior to the evacuation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp.

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Caption: The charred remains of corpses burned by the SS prior to the evacuation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp.
Date: 1945 April 04 - 1945 April 20
Locale: Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Milton Schloss

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Milton Schloss

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Keyword: BUCHENWALD CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS HUMAN REMAINS OHRDRUF SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Ohrdruf -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 1997-03-13 00:00:00
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