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Lloyd Rissinger, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, poses next to his tent and and a captured Nazi flag.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 49633
Lloyd Rissinger, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, poses next to his tent and and a captured Nazi flag.

Lloyd Rissinger, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, poses next to his tent and and a captured Nazi flag.

Date
Circa April 1945
Locale
Germany?
Photo Designation
WORLD WAR II: ALLIED WAR EFFORT -- Allied Invasion/Fighting Units -- Liberator Portraits
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dorothy Rissinger

About This Photograph

Biography
Dorothy Rissinger is the widow of Lloyd A. Rissinger. During World War II, he served as a scout in the 355th Regiment of the 89th Division. As such he was one of the first to enter the Ohrdruf concentration camp.

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Dorothy Rissinger
 
Record last modified: 2011-06-13 00:00:00
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