Created by Tom Horn on 1 Apr 2010, Last Update on 1 Apr 2010

Ohrdruf - 4 Apr 1945

Troops from the 4th Armored Division and the 89th Infantry Division liberate Ohrdruf concentration camp near Weimar in Germany. It was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp network and was the first camp liberated by US forces.

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Tags : United States,Germany,Attrocity,Holocaust,Europe

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