Ohrdruf
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Ohrdruf is a small town in the district of Gotha in the German state of Thuringia. It lies some 30 km southwest of Erfurt at the foot of the northern slope of the Thuringian Forest. The former municip
Railway station
Ohrdruf Town Hall
Schloss Ehrenstein after the recent fire
Tower of the St. Michaelis Kirche
Ohrdruf concentration camp
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Ohrdruf was a German forced labor and concentration camp located near Ohrdruf, south of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany. It was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp network.
View of the camp including a watchtower, barracks, and barbed wire fencing
US generals Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, and Eddy inspect a cremation pyre at the camp on April 12, 1945, after liberation.
Survivors of the Ohrdruf concentration camp demonstrate torture methods used in the camp.
The bodies of prisoners executed by the SS prior to the evacuation are laid out in a wooded area near the Ohrdruf concentration camp. 6 april 1945