The leg of a body protrudes from a mass grave that was not full covered before the hasty retreat of the Nazis from Ohrdruf.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 05564

Overview

Caption: The leg of a body protrudes from a mass grave that was not full covered before the hasty retreat of the Nazis from Ohrdruf.

The original caption reads, "Leg of a body that is still protruding from the grave that was not fully covered by the hasty retreat of the Nazis. At Ohrdruf concentration camp Germany." [sic]

According to the Signal Corps caption, the photo was taken on April 10, 1945.
Date: 1945 April 04 - 1945 April 30
Locale: Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Michael Woskowitz

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Michael Woskowitz

Source Record ID: Collections: Exh. Loan: Woskowitz, Michael

Keyword: BUCHENWALD CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES MASS GRAVES OHRDRUF SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Ohrdruf -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation