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Hospital cribs at Buchenwald concentration camp

Prisoners in the "hospital" cribs at Buchenwald concentration camp. This photo is one of a group of photographs taken shortly after the liberation of the infamous camp near Weimar, Germany. The photographs were taken by a rehabilitation officer of the U.S. Army Chief Surgeon's office when he arrived at the camp three days after Weimar was taken by the U.S. Third Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

General Eisenhower Views Torture Demonstration at a Liberated Concentration Camp

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 Stands at Gallows of Ohrdruf Concentration Camp

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander (center), listens to interpreter Alois J. Liethen of Appleton, WI, (left center, with mustache) describe the use of the gallows at Ohrdruf concentration camp. Ignaz Feldmann, a survivor of multiple camps, stands front left. Jules Grad, correspondent for the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper (behind, center) takes notes. General Eisenhower was on a tour of liberated areas south of Gotha, Germany. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

United States Army Commanders View Charred Remains of Prisoners of Ohrdruf Concentration Camp

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, and a party of high ranking U.S. Army officers including General Omar N. Bradley, C.G., 12th Army Group; Lt. General George S. Patton, C.G., 3rd U.S. Army; and Maj. General Manton Eddy, C.G., 12th Corps view the charred bodies of prisoners that were burned upon a section of railroad track during the evacuation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp.