Execution of war criminals, Landsberg, Germany

Identifier
irn1000610
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.257.1
  • RG-60.0793
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

(Paris 369) Execution of War Criminals, Landsberg, Germany, November 19, 1945. LS, prison buildings. MS, two civilian executioners stand beneath scaffold looking at man who was just hung. LS, civilian executioners set up rope on scaffold. Roped-off area "official witnesses." Man lead up by priest, soldiers, military, police. LS, criminal drops thru trap door of scaffold. MS, rope is adjusted around condemned man's neck and trap is sprung. HS, looking thru trap door at corpse swinging from rope. Note: Three German nationals were hanged by the US military authorities for murdering US aviators who had been forced down in Germany and taken prisoner.

Note(s)

  • GRAPHIC FOOTAGE See Film ID 231 for duplicate footage.

Subjects

  • GALLOWS
  • EXECUTIONS
  • GERMANY
  • CHAPLAINS
  • CLERGY
  • HANGINGS
  • GERMANS
  • CIVILIANS
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS

Places

  • Landsberg, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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