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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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.

President Harry S. Truman, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and General George S. Patton

Everyone stands at attention at a flag-raising (Flag of Liberation) ceremony in Berlin, Germany. From left to right, General Dwight Eisenhower, General George Patton, and President Harry S. Truman. President Truman is in Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. Standing behind President Truman is Captain James Vardaman, Truman's Naval Aide. All others are unidentified.