High-ranking U.S. Army officers examine a mass grave in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 64082

Overview

Caption: High-ranking U.S. Army officers examine a mass grave in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Among those pictured are Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, George Patton, Omar Bradley and Manton Eddy. Also pictured is Jules Grad, correspondent for the U.S. Army newspaper, "Stars and Stripes". Also pictured is Ignaz Feldmann (back to camera, wearing a dark coat and a scarf) . He was a survivor of Westerbork, Terezin, Auschwitz, and Ohrdruf camps. He was also a player on the famed Hakoah Vienna soccer teams of the 1920s and 30s.
Date: 1945 April 12
Locale: Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Felice Grad

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Felice Grad

Source Record ID: Collections: RG-10.199

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