Memorial service at Buchenwald concentration camp; burials at Gardelegen

Identifier
irn1000210
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0860
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

(LIB 5903) Concentration Camp, Buchenwald, Germany, April 19, 1945. MS, CU, brass band. MSs, CUs, liberated prisoners in concentration camp marching at memorial ceremony for the 51,000 persons killed in the camp. CUs, liberated prisoners marching and carrying French, Polish and Russian flags. CUs, freed prisoner places wreath at foot of monument dedicated to those who died as victims of Nazi brutality. MS, effigy of Hitler hangs in front of camp building. MLS, speaker on platform at dedication ceremony. (LIB 5904) Burial at Gardelegen, Germany, April 22, 1945. Seq: Civilians of the town remove burned bodies of victims. The bodies are carried to burial grounds where they are wrapped in shrouds and placed in individual graves. Unrelated footage from 07:13:23 to 07:17:55 regards (A-282) Baguio Falls, Philippine Islands, April 26, 1945.

Note(s)

  • Gardelegen story is related to Story 122, Film ID 152 and Story 2013, Film ID 839 (111 ADC 4051 and 111 ADC 4052).

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