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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. Operation
Ohrdruf (German: [ˈoːɐ̯ˌdʁʊf] ⓘ) 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 .
Jonas Valley between Crawinkel and Arnstadt. Jonastal (Jonas Valley), situated in the Ilm-Kreis district in Germany between Crawinkel and Arnstadt and near to the town of Ohrdruf, was a scene of military construction under the National Socialist regime during the last years of the Second World War.
In 1945, Allied general and future American President Dwight D. Eisenhower liberated a concentration camp at Ohrdruf in Germany. He later documented what he saw and heard, “in order to be in a ...
Ohrdruf Priory or Karmel St. Elija, Ohrdruf, is a Carmelite monastery at Ohrdruf in Thuringia, Germany. It is the latest in a series of religious foundations in the town: It is the latest in a series of religious foundations in the town:
President Obama mentioned during his visit that he had heard stories as a child from his great uncle, who was part of the 89th Infantry Division, the first Americans to reach the camp at Ohrdruf, one of Buchenwald's satellites. [57] Obama was the first sitting US President to visit the Buchenwald concentration camp. [48]
During World War I, German prisoner-of-war camps were run by the 25 Army Corps Districts into which Germany was divided. [1] [2] ... Ohrdruf. Located on a former Army ...
Ohrdruf: Ohrdruf: SS-WVHA Railway construction, excavation Penig Penig: Max Gerth Werke Manufacture of aircraft Raguhn bei Dessau Raguhn: Heerbrandt Werke AG Manufacture of aircraft parts Rothenburg an der Saale Rothenburg: Mansfeld AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb Production of rifle and pistol ammunition Saalfeld (""Fröhliches Tal"") near ...