Liberated POWs; atrocities; Berchtesgaden; troops

Identifier
irn1001157
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2251
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United News Company (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Part 1: elements of the 5th and 8th Armies occupy Bologna, Italy. Gen. Mark Clark receives the German surrender. Part 2: French prisoners in Germany are liberated and return home. Part 3: Congressmen visit German prison camps and view evidences of atrocities. Part 4: Berchtesgaden is bombed. Joseph Goebbel's brother is shot as a spy. German prisoners. Russian and US troops meet at the Elbe. Shows Gen. Reinhardt.

Subjects

  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • ATROCITIES
  • PRISONERS (GERMAN)
  • SURRENDER (GERMAN)
  • GERMANY
  • GOEBBELS, JOSEPH
  • BOMBINGS
  • CORPSES
  • LIBERATION
  • BERCHTESGADEN
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • ITALY
  • PRISONERS (FRENCH)
  • CONGRESS (U.S.)
  • ELBE RIVER
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)

Places

  • , Italy
  • Berchtesgaden, Germany
  • Elbe River, Germany

Genre

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