Ohrdruf liberation photographs
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Ohrdruf liberation photographs
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Consists of 14 photographs taken after the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945 by Kenneth E. Nichols, a member of the 89th Infantry Division. Includes photographs of corpses and of American soldiers walking amongst the bodies.
Kenneth E. Nichols was a member of the 89th Infantry Division during World War II. He worked as a truck driver for the Signal Corps and laid communications wires for an artillery unit. Mr. Nichols participated in the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp.