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General Dwight D. Eisenhower watches grimly while occupants of a German concentration camp at Gotha demonstrate how they were tortured by the Nazi sadists operating the camp. Generals Bradley and Patton are at his right. Germany   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964)
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower watches grimly while occupants of a German concentration camp at Gotha demonstrate how they were tortured by the Nazi sadists operating the camp. Generals Bradley and Patton are at his right. Germany
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  • Scope and content: On pages 275 and 276 of General Patton's book, "War As I Knew It," Patton describes the events leading up to and including the one depicted in this photo. He states that he, Eisenhower and Bradley learned later, that the person in the striped shirt, demonstrating the torture, was actually one of the camp's executioners. Patton notes that this man was killed the next day after the tour, by some of the other inmates.
  • General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1113 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.
Date 12 April 1945
date QS:P571,+1945-04-12T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q38945047
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 531263.

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  • Record group: Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985 (National Archives Identifier: 440)
  • Series: Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity, compiled 1754 - 1954 (National Archives Identifier: 530707)
  • NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-111-SC-203475
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower watches grimly while occupants of a German concentration camp at Gotha demonstrate how they were tortured by the Nazi sadists operating the camp. Generals Bradley and Patton are at his right. Germany (English)

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reference URL: https://dp.la/item/8e4da418b91c6c7842f9dbcf0a104e6a
publisher: Digital Public Library of America
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On pages 275 and 276 of General Patton's book, "War As I Knew It," Patton describes the events leading up to and including the one depicted in this photo. He states that he, Eisenhower and Bradley learned later, that the person in the striped shirt, demonstrating the torture, was actually one of the camp's executioners. Patton notes that this man was killed the next day after the tour, by some of the other inmates. (English)

determination method: determined by GLAM institution and stated at its website
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reference URL: https://dp.la/item/8e4da418b91c6c7842f9dbcf0a104e6a
publisher: Digital Public Library of America
retrieved: 21 July 2023

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