General Eisenhower was shocked when he entered a concentration camp. He requested that members of Congress and journalists fly to Europe to see for themselves.

Black-and-white archival photograph of Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, and George S. Patton visiting Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany on April 12, 1945, accompanied by U.S. soldiers and military police, with wooden barracks in the background.