Hadamar Murder Mills

Identifier
irn1002204
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2771
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(LIB 5168 - LIB 5170) Hadamar Murder Mills, Hadamar, Germany, April 7, 1945. SEQ: German civilians dig up bodies from graves. War Crimes Investigation Team arrives and performs autopsies on bodies. INT, MCUs Dr. Adolf Wahlmann, Karl Willing, and Adolph Merkle who were in charge of the asylum are interrogated. Note: In this insane asylum at Hadamar, 35,000 Polish, Russian, and German political prisoners were slaughtered.

Subjects

  • HADAMAR INSTITUTE
  • ATROCITIES
  • GERMANY
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
  • EXHUMATIONS
  • LIBERATION

Places

  • Hadamar, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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