A survivor reenacts how the hangings took place at Ohrdurf concentration camp, a sub-camp of Buchenwald.
- Date
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1945 April 12
- Locale
- Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Ohrdruf -- LIBERATION -- Inspection/Investigation
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lee T. Stinchfield
A survivor reenacts how the hangings took place at Ohrdurf concentration camp, a sub-camp of Buchenwald.
The caption for the photo reads, "The scaffold for public execution. The prisoner was hung from a chain noose. The plank was then pushed from under his feet. If he didn't die quickly he was hit over the head with a potato masher."
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