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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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War Department. Army War College. Historical Section. World War I Branch. ca. 1918-ca. 1948
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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.
Date Taken on 12 April 1945
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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 (National Archives Identifier: 440)
  • Series: Photographs of American Military Activities (National Archives Identifier: 530707)
  • NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-111-SC-203475
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