Keywords: Buchenwald Ohrdruf Corpses 74589.jpg While on an inspection tour of the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp American soldiers view the charred remains of prisoners that were burned upon a section of railroad track during the evacuation of the camp The original caption reads The charred remains of burned prisoners are shown shortly after capture of the area by Third U S Army troops The Nazis exhumed and burned 1 606 murdered victims in six days in an attempt to destroy the evidence on orders from higher headquarters Among those pictured are Jack Caminer fifth from left with goggles a German-Jewish immigrant who served in military intelligence and Staff Sergeant Maynard B Cohen eighth from the left standing alone in the middle Photograph by William Newhouse Ohrdruf Thuringia Germany April 4 1945 - April 15 1945 http //www ushmm org/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration College Park PD-USGov Buchenwald Ohrdruf concentration camp Buchenwald Ohrdruf liberation Corpses in Buchenwald concentration camp Images from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |