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A watch tower and section of the barbed wire fence that surrounded Ohrdruf.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 76502

A watch tower and section of the barbed wire fence that surrounded Ohrdruf.

Overview

Caption: A watch tower and section of the barbed wire fence that surrounded Ohrdruf.
Date: 1945 April 04 - 1945 April 30
Locale: Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of David Cohen

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: David Cohen

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS FENCES OHRDRUF SUB-CAMPS VIEWS WATCH TOWERS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Ohrdruf -- LIBERATION -- Views

Record last modified:: 2014-07-15 00:00:00
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