War crimes in Herzenheim

Identifier
irn1001448
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2328
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(B-1190) War Crimes, Herzenheim, Germany, May 10, 1945. LSs, MSs, German civilians digging up bodies in concentration camp. CUs, bodies of men, women and children showing signs of violent death. EXTs, concentration camp buildings, crude and filthy interiors. CU, corpses laid out in field. INTs, camp buildings. CU, naked female corpses laid out. VS, Men burying corpses.

Note(s)

  • Duplicate footage on Film ID 153, Story 129.

Subjects

  • CIVILIANS
  • ATROCITIES
  • GERMANY
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • CORPSES
  • WOMEN
  • BURIALS
  • GERMANS
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
  • CHILDREN

Places

  • Herzenheim, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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