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Corpses of concentration camp prisoners photographed after the American liberation of Ohrdruf.

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    Corpses of concentration camp prisoners photographed after the American liberation of Ohrdruf.
    Corpses of concentration camp prisoners photographed after the American liberation of Ohrdruf.

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    Caption
    Corpses of concentration camp prisoners photographed after the American liberation of Ohrdruf.
    Photographer
    Dr. Thomas R. Fister
    Date
    After 1945 April 04
    Locale
    Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany?
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Connie G. Burnside

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    Photo Source
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Connie G. Burnside
    Source Record ID: Collections: 2014.348.1

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    Biography
    Dr. Thomas R. Fister (the father of the donor) served as an executive officer attached to the 314th medical battalion at the rank of major. Part of the 89th Division, he was among the first physicians to enter Ohrdruf. He was discharged from active duty in September 1945.
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    2016-09-28 00:00:00
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