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American generals tour the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 78714

American generals tour the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Pictured from right to left are Generals Manton Eddy, Omar Bradley and George Patton.

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Caption: American generals tour the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Pictured from right to left are Generals Manton Eddy, Omar Bradley and George Patton.
Date: 1945 April 12
Locale: Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mary Dickinson

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Mary Dickinson

Source Record ID: Collections: 1990.166.34

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Keyword: AFRICAN-AMERICANS AMERICANS BARRACKS BRADLEY, OMAR BUCHENWALD CAMERAS CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS EDDY, MANTON INSPECTIONS MILITARY OFFICERS OHRDRUF PATTON, GEORGE PHOTOGRAPHERS/FILM CREWS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Ohrdruf -- LIBERATION -- Inspection/Investigation

Record last modified:: 2005-09-21 00:00:00
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