UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM;“Indescribable Horror”: When Eisenhower Witnessed the Holocaust; walking skeletons on the verge of death, and other unspeakable horrors.

 

Virtual Program | Thursday, April 10, 3 p.m. ET “Indescribable Horror”: When Eisenhower Witnessed the Holocaust American soldiers were unprepared for what they discovered in the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany in April 1945: piles of bodies, walking skeletons on the verge of death, and other unspeakable horrors. This shocking discovery prompted Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower to visit and bear witness to the atrocities himself. He was deeply affected by what he saw—and, even then, he anticipated a future when these crimes might be denied. Eighty years later, learn why Eisenhower’s visit to Ohrdruf was a critical moment in documenting and protecting the truth of the Holocaust. Please register to access this virtual program. REGISTER NOW FEATURED GUESTS Speakers Susan Eisenhower, Expert in Residence at the Eisenhower Institute, Chairman and CEO of The Eisenhower Group, Inc., and Trustee and Chair Emerita of the Eisenhower Foundation Dr. Allison S. Finkelstein, Senior Historian, Arlington National Cemetery Moderator Dr. Rebecca Erbelding, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum JOIN US DETAILS YOU NEED TO KNOW Thursday, April 10, 2025 3 p.m. ET Co-presented with: Arlington National Cemetery Eisenhower Foundation This program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. It will be available to watch any time after 3 p.m. ET on April 10. REGISTER NOW For more information, please contact eventshelp@ushmm.org.   Photo: During an official tour of the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, an Austrian Jewish survivor describes to General Dwight Eisenhower and his entourage the use of the gallows in the camp. National Archives   UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126