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While on an inspection tour of the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, American soldiers view the charred remains of prisoners that were burned upon a section of railroad track during the evacuation of the camp.

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    While on an inspection tour of the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, American soldiers view the charred remains of prisoners that were burned upon a section of railroad track during the evacuation of the camp.
    While on an inspection tour of the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, American soldiers view the charred remains of prisoners that were burned upon a section of railroad track during the evacuation of the camp. The original caption reads "The charred remains of burned prisoners are shown shortly after capture of the area by Third U.S. Army troops. The Nazis exhumed and burned 1,606 murdered victims in six days in an attempt to destroy the evidence on orders from higher headquarters." From left those pictured are Nylan Ellsworth, George Stantis (second from left, tentative identification), Jack Caminer (fifth from left with goggles), a German-Jewish immigrant, who served in military intelligence. The man standing alone in the middle, eighth from the left, has been identifed as Staff Sergeant Maynard B. Cohen or Americo Venuto or Richard Wolff. Captain Ralph Kopansky is pictured on the far right, with a camera around his neck.

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    While on an inspection tour of the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, American soldiers view the charred remains of prisoners that were burned upon a section of railroad track during the evacuation of the camp.

    The original caption reads "The charred remains of burned prisoners are shown shortly after capture of the area by Third U.S. Army troops. The Nazis exhumed and burned 1,606 murdered victims in six days in an attempt to destroy the evidence on orders from higher headquarters."

    From left those pictured are Nylan Ellsworth, George Stantis (second from left, tentative identification), Jack Caminer (fifth from left with goggles), a German-Jewish immigrant, who served in military intelligence. The man standing alone in the middle, eighth from the left, has been identifed as Staff Sergeant Maynard B. Cohen or Americo Venuto or Richard Wolff. Captain Ralph Kopansky is pictured on the far right, with a camera around his neck.
    Photographer
    William Newhouse
    Date
    1945 April 04 - 1945 April 15
    Locale
    Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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    Photo Source
    National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
    Copyright: Public Domain
    Source Record ID: 111-SC-203591
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Marvin Edwards
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Nancy & Michael Krzyzanowski
    Published Source
    The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust... - Berenbaum, Michael - Little, Brown and Company - p. 7

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