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Town in Thuringia, Germany
Ohrdruf (German: [ˈoːɐ̯dʁʊf] ) is a small town in the district of Gotha in the German state of Thuringia. It lies some 30 km southwest of Erfurt at the
Ohrdruf
Nazi concentration camp in Thuringia, Germany (1944–45)
Ohrdruf was a German forced labor and concentration camp located near Ohrdruf, south of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany. It was part of the Buchenwald concentration
Ohrdruf_concentration_camp
Ohrdruf Priory or Karmel St. Elija, Ohrdruf, is a Carmelite monastery at Ohrdruf in Thuringia, Germany. It is the latest in a series of religious foundations
Ohrdruf_Priory
Topics referred to by the same term
Ohrdruf is a town in the German state of Thuringia. Ohrdruf may also refer to: Ohrdruf concentration camp Ohrdruf Priory Michaeliskirche (Ohrdruf) This
Ohrdruf_(disambiguation)
Church in Thuringia
St. Michaelis Kirche (St. Michael's Church) in the Thuringian town of Ohrdruf was the church where Johann Sebastian Bach's eldest brother, Johann Christoph
Michaeliskirche_(Ohrdruf)
German musician (1671–1721)
lived. In 1690, Johann Christoph became organist at the Michaeliskirche at Ohrdruf. In October 1694, he married Dorothea von Hof. His mother Maria Elisabeth
Johann Christoph Bach (organist at Ohrdruf)
Johann_Christoph_Bach_(organist_at_Ohrdruf)
German confectionery company
Rhine-Westphalia, with another located in Skanderborg, Denmark, and one in Ohrdruf, Germany. In 2022, the company was the second largest confectionery producer
Storck
Concentration camps operated by Nazi Germany
Allied commander-in-chief Dwight D. Eisenhower tours Ohrdruf concentration camp, May 1945.
Nazi_concentration_camps
Nazi concentration camp in Germany
Gold in Berlin. On 4 April 1945 the U.S. 89th Infantry Division overran Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald. Buchenwald was partially evacuated by the Germans
Buchenwald_concentration_camp
American World War II soldier (1925–2014)
camp he helped liberate as Auschwitz instead of Ohrdruf. In 2009, Payne spoke about this experience: Ohrdruf was in that string of towns going across, south
Charles_T._Payne
1945 film made by the U.S. Army
of twelve camps in Austria, Belgium, and Nazi Germany: Leipzig, Penig, Ohrdruf, Hadamar, Breendonk, Hannover, Arnstadt, Nordhausen, Mauthausen, Buchenwald
Nazi Concentration Camps (film)
Nazi_Concentration_Camps_(film)
United States Army soldier (1917–2020)
operator in the 4th Armored Division, and present at its liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Nazi Germany. Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York
David_Cohen_(soldier)
United States Army general (1885–1945)
Patton, Bradley, and Eisenhower toured the Merkers salt mine as well as the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and seeing the conditions of the camp firsthand caused
George_S._Patton
Valley in Germany
district in Germany between Crawinkel and Arnstadt and near to the town of Ohrdruf, was a scene of military construction under the National Socialist regime
Jonas_Valley
German composer (1685–1750)
Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721), the organist at St. Michael's Church in Ohrdruf, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. There he studied, performed, and copied music, including
Johann_Sebastian_Bach
Russian Ground Forces formation
Rifle Division - Ohrdruf, GDR: - disbanded, 1992 117th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Meiningen) 120th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Ohrdruf) 172nd Guards Motor
8th_Guards_Combined_Arms_Army
Family of musicians and composers
Arnstadt) Brothers Johann Jacob Bach Johann Christoph Bach (organist at Ohrdruf) Cousins Johann Christoph Bach (1st once removed) Johann Bernhard Bach
Bach_family
Final battles as well as the surrender by Nazi Germany
US soldiers view the corpses of prisoners which lie strewn along the road in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp.
End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe
Overview article
(Heimatschutzregiment 5), in Ohrdruf Staff and Supply Company 1, Home Defence Regiment 5 (Stabs- und Versorgungskompanie 1, Heimatschutzregiment 5), in Ohrdruf Support Company
Structure_of_the_German_Army
Ortsteil of Ohrdruf in Thuringia, Germany
Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Ohrdruf. The village lies in the valley of the stream Schill (formerly Reed Bach)
Wölfis
Motor rifle division of the Soviet military
Battalion (Ohrdruf, East Germany) 33rd independent Medical Battalion (Ohrdruf, East Germany) 1128th independent Material Supply Battalion (Ohrdruf, East Germany)
39th Guards Motor Rifle Division
39th_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Division
Musical artist
in and he died in Ohrdruf. In 1721 he followed his father, Johann Christoph Bach, in the post of organist at St. Michael in Ohrdruf. "Johann Bernhard
Johann Bernhard Bach the Younger
Johann_Bernhard_Bach_the_Younger
Land forces of Nazi Germany (1935–1945)
were conducted at various Panzer training facilities in Gross-Glienicke, Ohrdruf, and Wischau. Advanced officer training took place at the Oberfähnrich-Schule
German_Army_(1935–1945)
Bayern (Bavaria) Offenbach am Main (Hesse) Offenburg (Baden-Württemberg) Ohrdruf (Thuringia) Öhringen (Baden-Württemberg) Olbernhau (Saxony) Olching (Bavaria)
List of cities and towns in Germany
List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Germany
Train carriage
civilian eyewitnesses[who?] claim the wagon was hit by an air attack near Ohrdruf, while it was still in Thuringia in April 1944. Other evidence suggests
Compiègne_Wagon
(progression) 18.90 Andy Dittmar Germany 5 July 1974 51 20 September 2025 Ohrdruf, Germany Herbstsportfest M 55 (progression) 17.38 Klaus Liedtke Germany
List of world records in masters athletics
List_of_world_records_in_masters_athletics
Administrative centers used by Nazi leaders throughout World War II
Olga none Orsha, Belarus 1 July 1943 no no S III Wolfsturm, Olga etc. Ohrdruf, Germany Autumn 1944 (?) no no Siegfried Hagen Pullach, Germany (south
Führer_Headquarters
World War II general, U.S. president from 1953 to 1961
Survivors of the Ohrdruf concentration camp demonstrate torture methods used in the camp
Dwight_D._Eisenhower
Land warfare branch of Germany
Home Defence Regiment 4, in Alt Duvenstedt Home Defence Regiment 5, in Ohrdruf Home Defence Regiment 6, in Altengrabow (forming, official activation October
German_Army
Ortsteil of Ohrdruf in Thuringia, Germany
Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town of Ohrdruf. Crawinkel was first mentioned in 1088. After the Armistice with France
Crawinkel
Frankish noble family founded by Charles Martel
areas of Thuringia and Hesse, where he established the monasteries of Ohrdruf, Tauberbischofsheim, Kitzingen and Ochsenfurt. Charles, realising the potential
Carolingian_dynasty
Military unit
SH HSchRgt 5 1./HSchRgt 5 Stabs-/VersKp Ohrdruf TH 2./HSchRgt 5 UstgKp Ohrdruf TH 3./HSchRgt 5 AusbKp Ohrdruf TH 4./HSchRgt 5 HSchKp Nordhessen Frankenberg
Homeland_Defence_Division
German philologist and historian (1752–1827)
David Michaelis. In 1774 he received the rectorship of the gymnasium at Ohrdruf, in the duchy of Saxe-Gotha. In 1775 he was made professor of Oriental
Johann_Gottfried_Eichhorn
Luftwaffen munitions plant Loading, transporting and stacking bombs Ohrdruf Ohrdruf SS-WVHA Railway construction, excavation Penig Penig Max Gerth Werke
List of subcamps of Buchenwald
List_of_subcamps_of_Buchenwald
Early 18th-century manuscript collection
collection of 57 keyboard pieces, compiled by Johann Christoph Bach from Ohrdruf, the elder brother of Johann Sebastian Bach. The collection dates from
Andreas-Bach-Buch
Spirit unofficially recognized by a group of people
Germany, Netherlands, England Wigbertikirche, Ohrdruf, Germany Missionaries, farmers, gardeners, Thuringia, Ohrdruf, Bad Hersfeld Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk
Folk_saint
German actor
Lothar Firmans Born (1896-11-10)10 November 1896 Ohrdruf, Thuringia, German Empire Died 25 November 1964(1964-11-25) (aged 68) Bad Nauheim, Hesse, West
Lothar_Firmans
fencer David Cohen (1917–2020) – member of the US Army, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and schoolteacher George H. Cohen – lawyer Haylynn
List_of_people_from_Brooklyn
1754 obituary of Johann Sebastian Bach
youth in Eisenach, the stay with his eldest brother Johann Christoph in Ohrdruf after their parent's death, and the period when he was a student and chorister
Bach's_Nekrolog
Calendar year
– WWII: American troops liberate their first Nazi concentration camp, Ohrdruf extermination camp in Germany. The Soviet Red Army enters Bratislava and
1945
Commander-in-Chief of all Allied Forces, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, witnesses the corpses found at Ohrdruf forced labor camp in May 1945.
History_of_Frankfurt
Musical composition by Pachelbel
(1985). "Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721) Organist and Schul Collega in Ohrdruf, Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach's erster Lehrer". Bach-Jahrbuch. 71. Welter
Pachelbel's_Canon
36209 Klettbach 3621 Gotha 3622 Waltershausen 3623 Friedrichroda 3624 Ohrdruf 3625 36252 Tambach-Dietharz/Thür. Wald 36253 Georgenthal (Thüringen) 36254
List of dialling codes in Germany
List_of_dialling_codes_in_Germany
German Freikorps unit (1919–1920)
maintain law and order. Freikorps Epp was founded in February 1919 at Ohrdruf in Freistaat Sachsen-Gotha (today, part of Thuringia) at the behest of
Freikorps_Epp
1945 offensive in the European theatre of World War II
and elements of the 89th Infantry Division captured the small town of Ohrdruf, a few miles south of Gotha, they found the first concentration camp taken
Western Allied invasion of Germany
Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany
German princely dynasty
county of Gleichen in Thuringia (with its residence at Ehrenstein Castle in Ohrdruf) in 1631, the senior line became extinct in 1805, while in 1701 the junior
Hohenlohe
Infantry Division. Obama has often described Payne's role in liberating the Ohrdruf forced labor camp. There was brief media attention when Obama mistakenly
Family_of_Barack_Obama
Inactive US Army formation
across the Werra on 1 April, Gotha on 4 April – where the 4th AD liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, the first Nazi camp liberated by U.S. troops. By 12
4th Armored Division (United States)
4th_Armored_Division_(United_States)
Former German county of northeastern Baden-Württemberg
and inherited the county of Gleichen in Thuringia (with its residence at Ohrdruf) in 1631, the senior line became extinct in 1805, while in 1701 the junior
Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Arch bridge in Germany
Geschwenda, Thuringia, Germany. The bridge is located on the Bundesstraße 88 (Ohrdruf–Ilmenau), above the Wirrbach river of the Thuringian Forest. It is 235
Wirrbachtalbrücke
Type of mint chocolate
was shutting the factory at the end of July and relocating production to Ohrdruf, its Eastern German plant. This would result in a loss of more than 80
Mingles
German physicist (1889–1979)
weapons testing carried out in March 1945 at the Jonas Valley near the Ohrdruf concentration camp. As late as December 1944, he asserted to the Chief
Walther_Gerlach
Antisemitic conspiracy theory
April 12, 1945: Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and George S. Patton inspect an improvised crematory pyre at Ohrdruf concentration camp.
Holocaust_denial
Landscape in Germany
Forest and to the southeast by sharply divided terraces (the Ilm-Saale and Ohrdruf Muschelkalk plateaus, and the Saale-Elster Bunter sandstone plateau). The
Thuringian_Basin
State in Germany
in central and southwestern Thuringia (e.g. Arnstadt, Schmalkalden and Ohrdruf) are highly industrialised, whereas there are fewer industrial companies
Thuringia
New Zealand mountaineer
airman were reunited at Biache and taken on 5 August to the hospital in the Ohrdruf prisoner of war camp in central Germany. On 9 August Dennistoun's condition
Jim_Dennistoun
Dam in Landkreis Gotha
of dams in Germany History of Luisenthal on the website of the town of Ohrdruf Archived 2013-06-24 at the Wayback Machine Wikimedia Commons has media
Ohra_Dam
Ortsteil of Geratal in Thuringia, Germany
history of garden gnomes. From 1858 Gräfenroda was incorporated into the Ohrdruf district within the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. It became part of the
Gräfenroda
Maternal grandmother of Barack Obama (1922–2008)
89th Infantry Division, which liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald, a fact Barack Obama has referred to in speeches
Madelyn_Dunham
German Nazi military officer (1887–1934)
Epp's Freikorps Epp (also called the Bayerisches Schützenkorps), formed in Ohrdruf in April 1919, which finally overturned the Munich Soviet Republic by force
Ernst_Röhm
Nazi concentration camp prisoners
The bullet-ridden body of one SS guard, the other stabbed, who were killed in the Ohrdruf concentration camp soon after the liberation.
List of prisoners of Buchenwald
List_of_prisoners_of_Buchenwald
Musical artist
Ambrosius Bach. After his father's death, he grew up with relatives in Ohrdruf, where attended the Lyzeum together with his cousin Johann Sebastian. From
Johann_Ernst_Bach_I
German composer and organist (1653–1706)
October 1694, the Bach family celebrated the marriage on 23 October 1694 in Ohrdruf, and invited him and other composers to provide the music; he probably
Johann_Pachelbel
Dutch jazz duo
series of concentration camps: Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, Ohrdruf and Bergen-Belsen. They died of exhaustion during the last days of the
Johnny_&_Jones
SS Officer
until its evacuation in January 1945, when he was subsequently deployed in Ohrdruf concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp. He was
Adolf_Theuer
Dutch trumpeter (1911–2002)
Auschwitz to Ohrdruf concentration camp, taking his trumpet with him on his waist. He was forced to do manual labor as there was no orchestra at Ohrdruf, until
Louis_Bannet
2009 novel by Jeff Shaara
Hitler. It also covers the Allied discoveries of concentration camps in Ohrdruf, Buchenwald, and Dachau. The main characters are George S. Patton, Dwight
No_Less_Than_Victory
Day of the year
000 civilians. 1945 – World War II: United States Army troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany. 1945 – World War II: United States Army troops
April_4
German musician, composer
Sebastian moved in with their older brother Johann Christoph Bach, organist at Ohrdruf. In 1704, he entered the service in the military band of the army of King
Johann_Jacob_Bach
War crime trial
the American soldiers had taken photographs after the capture of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald, that illustrate the horrific
Buchenwald_trial
Nazi concentration camp in Germany (1938–1945)
This group consisted of longtime Flossenbürg prisoners, a group from Ohrdruf concentration camp, and the survivors of the death march from Buchenwald
Flossenbürg concentration camp
Flossenbürg_concentration_camp
German politician
of the Weimar Republic. He was promoted to colonel and was assigned to Ohrdruf to supervise military training. In 1929 he retired from the Reichswehr
Hans_Friedrichs
Frankish bishop and saint
Saint Boniface, who sent him to study at the Monastery of Saint Michael at Ohrdruf. He then accompanied Boniface on his missionary journeys. In 750, Boniface
Gregory_of_Utrecht
Town in Thuringia, Germany
the south. Further, the neighbouring small towns of Waltershausen and Ohrdruf have strong industrial cores, where many commuters from Gotha have found
Gotha
Sebastian Bach and organist in Ohrdruf. It is named after its former owner, Johann Gottfried Möller (1774–1833), born in Ohrdruf. It is one of two extant compilations
Möller_manuscript
Topics referred to by the same term
(1645–1693), musician, J.S. Bach's uncle Johann Christoph Bach (organist at Ohrdruf) (1671–1721), J.S. Bach's eldest brother Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Johann Christoph Bach (disambiguation)
Johann_Christoph_Bach_(disambiguation)
Ortsteil of Ohrdruf in Thuringia, Germany
Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Ohrdruf. "Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik" (in German). Retrieved 28 February
Gräfenhain
German composer and organist
also have received lessons from Johann Heinrich Hildebrand, Kantor at Ohrdruf, who was a pupil of Heinrich Bach and Johann Christian Bach. After his
Georg_Böhm
Large convoy of Jews deported in 1944
Vaihingen/Enz-Dachau. January 20, 1945: prisoners at Echterdingen were sent to the Ohrdruf camp, and on to Bergen-Belsen in Germany. January 27, 1945: liberation
Convoy_77_of_July_31,_1944
Otto Stichling (10 April 1866, Ohrdruf - 28 April 1912, Berlin) was a German sculptor in the Art Nouveau style. He was the illegitimate son of Auguste
Otto_Stichling
Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk and missionary honored as a saint (675-747)
of Fulda. About 737 Boniface transferred him to Thuringia as Abbot of Ohrdruf, where he established a school for missionaries operating in Thuringia
Wihtberht
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Voice David Cohen (1917–2020), a member of the US Army, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and a schoolteacher J. H. Colton, leading 19th Century
Longmeadow,_Massachusetts
Nazi Party politician, Thuringian Minister-President (1893–1952)
in Gau Thuringia. In addition, Marschler was Burgermeister (Mayor) of Ohrdruf from 1931 to 1932. After the Nazi Party victory in the 1932 Thuringian
Willy_Marschler
German politician
Walter (German pronunciation: [fʁɪt͡s ˈvaltɐ], audio; August 30, 1896 in Ohrdruf – April 1, 1977) was a German politician of FDP. Amtliches Handbuch des
Fritz_Walter_(politician)
German critic and historian of art (1860–1909)
a German critic and historian of art. He was born 25 February 1860 in Ohrdruf in Germany and died 28 June 1909 in Wölfelsgrund (now in Poland). He studied
Richard Muther (art historian)
Richard_Muther_(art_historian)
Surname list
variant of Orendorff. It originally meant a person from the village of Ohrdruf or Ohrdorf in Germany. Notable people with the names include: Alfred Orendorff
Orndorff
French doctor, writer and Holocaust survivor (1927–2024)
survive. He escaped from the Ohrdruf concentration camp with a friend and took refuge with an anti-Nazi butcher in Ohrdruf, shortly thereafter notifying
Henri_Borlant
Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor (1921–2024)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monovice, Jewishowice/Brzezinki, Buchenwald, Ohrdruf, Grafinkl, Celten Lager, Liebanau by Lauffen), and 2 death marches in January
Ben_Stern
French railway car company
. Following this period of display in Berlin, CIWL #2419 was moved to Ohrdruf in Thuringia for storage in 1945. Following the Allied advance into Germany
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits
Compagnie_Internationale_des_Wagons-Lits
Writer
to Auschwitz concentration camp with his family in 1944, and later to Ohrdruf concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp. Olga, their
Sandor_Berger
Film production unit of the US Army Air Forces
in Allied custody such as Hermann Göring, as well as the capture of the Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentration camps by American soldiers. Upon viewing the
First_Motion_Picture_Unit
of President Jozef Tiso's pro-German government flee to Austria. : The Ohrdruf death camp is liberated by the Allies. 6: The Spring 1945 offensive in
Timeline of World War II (1945)
Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1945)
century Novalesa Abbey Novalesa 726 Abbo Ochsenfurt Abbey Ochsenfurt Ohrdruf Abbey Ohrdruf Orbais Abbey Orbais-l'Abbaye Ottobeuren Abbey Ottobeuren 764 Toto
List of Carolingian monasteries
List_of_Carolingian_monasteries
military during World War II as a member of the division that liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. He was 20 years old at
List of people from Butler County, Kansas
List_of_people_from_Butler_County,_Kansas
German army communications unit
central bunker systems were built as communication centres in Zossen and in Ohrdruf. From a special-to-arm perspective the Corps was led by the Inspector of
Signal Corps of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS
Signal_Corps_of_the_Wehrmacht_and_Waffen_SS
German painter
transported to Buchenwald, where he died in the medical experimentation unit at Ohrdruf. In 1962, a memorial stone was erected in the Golzheimer Friedhof [de]
Franz_Monjau
Timeline of Allied bombing campaign
center.) The Ohrdruf forced labor camp near Gotha was the 1st found by the Allies, and Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley inspected the Ohrdruf Nord work camp
Oil campaign chronology of World War II
Oil_campaign_chronology_of_World_War_II
United States Army general (1889–1950)
Senior American commanders tour the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, 1945. Pictured from right to left are Walton Walker, Omar Bradley and
Walton_Walker
Military unit
dissolution. The 231st Infantry Division was disbanded on 31 July 1940, at Ohrdruf, Thuringia. During its entire lifespan, it had not once seen combat. Hans
231st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
231st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
Formation of the Soviet Army formerly stationed in East Germany
Guards Motor Rifle Division – Halle 39th Guards Motor Rifle Division – Ohrdruf 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division – Naumburg 79th Guards Tank Division –
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
Group_of_Soviet_Forces_in_Germany
OHRDRUF
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Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Brave; Confident
Girl/Female
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Ambitious, Seeking glory
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Tamil
Aashalata | ஆஷாலதா
Creeper of hope
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Evening
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Short form of Old Norse names starting with Torf- or Torv-, TÓFI means "Thor" or "thunder."
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Indian
Force to move forward, Force
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Bright Meadow; Diminutive of Shirley
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Form of Sarah; Princess
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(ВаÑилий) Russian form of Greek Vasilios, VASILIY means "king."
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