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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

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.

Prisoners pose in liberated Nazi concentration camp

Starved prisoners, nearly dead from hunger, pose in Nazi concentration camp in Ebensee, Austria. In the Austrian Alps the Nazis had one of their largest camps. Large numbers of inmates were starving to death and dying at the rate of 2000 per week. The camp was reputedly used for "scientific" experiments. It was liberated by the 80th Division, 3rd U.S. Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Bodies of Victims of a Mass Burning

Two surviving prisoners walk among bodies of victims of mass burning of slave laborers at a Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by the 69th Div. of the U.S. First Army. The victims were herded into a building and a time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape were machine gunned by Nazi S.S. troops. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Site of mass burning of slave laborers

Site of mass burning of 250 Polish and French slave laborers at Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by the 69th Div. of the U.S. First Army. The victims were herded into a building. A time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape were machine gunned by Nazi S.S. troops. From: album entitled: "Nazi War Atrocities." This album was presented to President Truman by the Army Pictorial Service.