Ohrdruf forced labor camp

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U.S. Generals Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and George Patton inspects the camp after liberation
U.S. Generals Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and George Patton inspects the camp after liberation

Ohrdruf forced labor camp was a Nazi concentration camp located near Weimar. It was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp network.

It was liberated on April 4, 1945, by the 4th Armored Division and the 355th Infantry Regiment of the 89th Infantry Division, U.S. Third Army. It was the first Nazi concentration camp liberated by the US Army.

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