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Beginning May 7, 2025, all individuals over the age of 18 who are authorized to drive onto Arlington National Cemetery should be prepared to present a REAL ID at the security checkpoint.

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Virtual Event: “Indescribable Horror”: When Eisenhower Witnessed the Holocaust

4/1/2025

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 Gen. 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. Hear the stories of service members who encountered Ohrdruf, including Brig. Gen. Albin Irzyk, buried in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. 

Hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and co-presented by Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) and the Eisenhower Foundation, this virtual program on Thursday, April 10 commemorates the 80th anniversary of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camps.