Landsberg Hangings
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
Scope and Content
(Munich 191) Hangings at Landsberg, Germany, May 28, 1946. Continuation of military hangings of three German civilians in courtyard, including Capt. Felix Freeman. MS, captain reading death sentences. Coffin containing bodies of executed men being moved out of courtyard.
Note(s)
Captain Felix Freeman (Friedheim) oversaw the hangings at Landsberg in May 1946 and can be seen clearly in this film footage. He had previously been a political prisoner at Lichtenberg, Ravensbruck, and Dachau, where the SS doctor Fritz Hintermeyer refused to treat him. Dr. Hintermeyer was one of the men he hung in 1946. Capt. Freeman described his experiences during World War II in the attached autobiographical essay.
Subjects
- GERMANY
- EXECUTIONS
- GALLOWS
- LANDSBERG
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- CIVILIANS
- HANGINGS
- COFFINS
- GERMANS
Places
- Landsberg, Germany
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film
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