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General Eisenhower Views Torture Demonstration at a Liberated Concentration Camp

72-3223
Accession Number
72-3223
6.5x4.5 inches
Black & White
HST Keywords
Germany - Cities and Towns - Gotha
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander (center), General Omar N. Bradley, 12th Army Group CG (second left), and Lt. General George S. Patton, 3rd Army CG (far left), watch while survivors of Ohrdruf concentration camp demonstrate how they were tortured by the Nazis. Jules Grad (far right), pool correspondent for the "Stars and Stripes," is taking notes. The mustached soldier who is pointing at the demonstrated torture victim is Alois J. Liethen of Appleton, Wisconsin, who served as the interpreter for the tour of Ohrdruf. General Eisenhower visited the camp south of Gotha, Germany during a tour of the Third Army Front. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Date(s)
April 12, 1945