Group portrait of the first UNRRA medical team to arrive at Ohrdruf.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 21035

Overview

Caption: Group portrait of the first UNRRA medical team to arrive at Ohrdruf.

The team was headed by Maureen Honeyball from England, second from right. Also pictured is Dr. Cecile van Ackere from Brussels, second from left. The team worked for ten days in late April, 1945, attempting to decontaminate the camp and supply survivors with sufficient nourishment and medical treatment.

Sidney Krasnoff served as a medical officer with the Thirteenth Field Hospital in European Theatre Operations. After reaching Buchenwald, Krasnoff was assigned to the UNRRA medical team at Ohrdruf.
Date: 1945 April 12 - 1945 April 30
Locale: Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dr. Sidney Krasnoff

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Dr. Sidney Krasnoff

Keyword: GROUP PORTRAITS MEDICAL CARE/NURSES/MEDICS OHRDRUF UNRRA (UN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMIN) WOMEN
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Ohrdruf -- LIBERATION -- Survivors/Medical Care