April 4, 1945: Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald, was the first Nazi concentration camp liberated by American troops. There, the soldiers were confronted with evidence of once unimaginable crimes. In the month prior, the Nazis had sent many of the camp’s estimated 10,000 prisoners on a death march to Buchenwald, executing those who were unable … Continue reading Documenting Ohrdruf: The 1945 Diary of US Soldier John Beckett