Nordhausen; Hannover; Buchenwald

Identifier
irn1001193
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2267
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1945, 1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Corpses at Nordhausen. US medical crews evacuate survivors. MS, corpses. Survivors assisted onto litters, evacuated for treatment, man praying/crying, eating, loaded onto ambulances. Victims buried in a common grave by German civilians, corpses carried (gruesome), priest at jeep. Civilians march with shovels. Soldiers stand by mass graves. Red Cross workers feed soup to Hannover survivors. CUs, men eating. Severely wounded men lying under blankets inside barracks. Burial. Several survivors gather for group photograph against barn wall, to document atrocities. Courtyard, "Jedem das Seine" gate, male survivors, tattoos on stomach, survivors, corpses, torture demonstration, gold extracts, and crematoria at Buchenwald.

Note(s)

  • Refer to SSFVA files for a source list of the miscellaneous film "Atrocities" cataloged at NARA as 111 M 1190. Sources include March of Time, News of the Day, Signal Corps, MGM, Fox Movietone News, American Newsreel Pool, Universal Newsreel, and others.

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