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  1. Testimony of Hoess, Gisevius, Buhler at Nuremberg Trial; good shots of dock

    (Munich 120) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 25, 1946. HAS, Tribunal at bench (good cutaway). Col. John Amen of the US prosecution cross examining Rudolf Hoess (Hoess is not seen). 18:22:20 French speaker at the podium, choppy bits, recess. 18:22:50 Defense counselor Dr. Rudolf Dix, counselor for Schacht, questions Hans Bernhardt von Gisevius (Gisevius is not seen) in German. 18:23:45 MS, Hermann Goering with hand covering his eyes as if sleeping. Hess fiddles with earphones. Audience in courtroom. Dr. Alfred Seidl, counselor for Hess and Frick at lectern. 18:25 Dr. Joseph Buhl...

  2. Volunteers from Nazi-occupied countries

    Volunteers from Nazi-occupied or collaborator countries sent to help Germany in the fight against the Soviets. A column of Dutch Nazis marching down the streets, giving the fascist salute. The narrator describes them as the first transport of Dutch volunteers to travel to Germany, where they will join the army and fight against the Soviet Union. Crowds of well-wishers on a train platform wave goodbye to the volunteers. A close-up of a Dutch volunteer kissing his wife or girlfriend before boarding the train. The train pulls out of the station. Scene switches to Croatia, where Marshal Slavko ...

  7. Sentencing Ribbentrop, Keitel, Kaltenbrunner, Rosenberg at Nuremberg Trial

    Sentencing of Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, October 1946. MS, Rudolf Hess, ill in dock. Joachim von Ribbentrop sympathizes. HS, Hess leaves dock. HS, MS, von Ribbentrop speaking to the other defendants after announcement of his guilt. HS, MSs, Justice Francis Biddle reviewing the case of von Ribbentrop (as latter listens.) Biddle enumerates Ribbentrop's actions and participation in important decision-makings, states what he claims in his defense, but in conclusion, states that the court finds Ribbentrop guilty under all 4 counts. Justice Henri de Vabres reading the verdict ...

  11. Major Milton Evans Dowse: World War II Experiences

    1. Milton E. Dowse collection

    “Major Milton Evans Dowse: World War II Experiences” was compiled by David Paul Dowse in 2014. The document consists of a transcript of an interview that David Dowse conducted with Major Milton Evans Dowse in 1984 regarding his experiences and photocopied documents that provide additional context. Major Dowse was involved in the D-Day invasion of Normandy as a member of the United States Army and was a prisoner of war in Oflag 64 before escaping to join the Russian front as it advanced toward Berlin.

  13. Henry B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Henry B., who was born in 1922, and served with the United States 3rd Army in World War II. He recounts his Jewish upbringing; awareness of increasing antisemitism in Europe; a relative from Warsaw sending his son to live with Mr. B.'s family; military draft in 1942; deployment to Europe in 1944; participating in combat, moving through France and Germany into Austria; liberating Gunskirchen; encountering Jewish prisoners with whom he conversed in Yiddish; liberating another camp a few days later; observing the emaciated corpses of massacre victims; and moving out with...

  14. Sylvia L. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Sylvia L., who was born in 1933, an only child in an orthodox family. She recounts living in Czernowitz, Romania; attending kindergarten; one year of Soviet occupation; German invasion; ghettoization; forced transfer to Murafa; her father hiding during a round-up of men for forced labor; Soviet liberation; returning home; finding their house had been ransacked; her father's draft into the Soviet military; attending school; emigration with her parents to Israel in 1950; marriage in 1952; and emigration to the United States in 1956. Ms. L. discusses hardships and suffer...

  16. Radio Luxembourg - Schoning escape; Liberated women from Schirmech

    1. Operation Annie broadcasts

    TRACK 1 (0:00- 6:14) Obergerfreiter Kurt Schoning describes his escape. Alsatian tells his impression. No Date. (6:18-18:29) Liberated woman from the Schirmech Concentration Camp. No Date. TRACK 2 (0:00) Young Alsatian tells his impression. Date Nov. 28 1944. pt 1. Gratitude for liberation from (?) Strasbourg resident. (6:35) Liberated woman from the Schirmech [sic] Concentration Camp. Date Nov. 26 1944. pt 2a. Schirmeck Lagerlied performed by choir of former female prisoners (7:30) pt 2b. Statements by choirmembers, ex-political prisoners of Schirmeck, including "Elfriede" and 3 others. (1...

  17. Operation Annie - no date announced

    1. Operation Annie broadcasts

    (NARA RG-165-149) No date announced during report - reference to Generalmajor Tolsdorff awarded the Iron Cross on March 18, 1945 allows for approximate dating. 0:00-9:20. News of the war; tank battles described; locales named. 9:30-10:30. Station ID, Hier ist 1212. News from the Front, the Rhineland and the Homeland. 10:35-13:35. "Trojan Horse" theme, 1212 Sender. News of the past 24 hours. 13:35-14:30. Same "theme music" as file RG-91.0528 14:35-end. News continues. (NARA RG-165-150) No date announced during broadcast. Probable date of March 18, 1945 as report contains the same announcers ...

  18. Operation Annie - undated - January 27 or 28, 1945

    1. Operation Annie broadcasts

    No date announced during report - probable broadcast date based on Bydgoszcz reference: January 27 or 28, 1945. 0:00-2:55. "Poinciana" performed by Major Glenn Miller's American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces; Jerry Grey, director; Artie Malvin, vocal solo. Recorded, Paris, January 22, 1945 (after Miller's death in an air accident on Dec 15 1944). Back-announced at 4:02. 4:05-8:00. Allied Expeditionary Forces programming; Dinah Shore, Your Hit Parade, promoted; AEF news read by Bob Roberts. Includes report of Soviet capture of Bydgoszcz. Includes where troops are moving and what ha...