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
David Cohen was a soldier in the United States Army and a schoolteacher. In World War II, Cohen was a radio operator in the 4th Armored Division, and present at its liberation of the Ohrdruf concentra
Ohrdruf concentration camp; bodies of prisoners lie stacked in a shed in the camp.