Denazification

Identifier
irn1002976
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.549.1
  • RG-60.3507
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(LIB 6854) Military Government, Cologne, Germany, May 3, 1945. SEQ: Civilians remove records and money from wrecked bank vault. LSs, walls of bombed building are torn down. CU, boy smears poster of "Hitler Jugend" so as to obscure lettering. LS, workman using acetylene torch removes Nazi emblem from atop building entrance. SEQ: Emblem crashes to ground; two workmen destroy it with sledge hammers. Also tackle bust of Hitler. Sledge hammer breaks before the bust. 01:09:28 LSs, children burn propaganda leaflets, posters, and flags.

Subjects

  • SIGNS/POSTERS
  • FIRES
  • BANKS
  • RUINS
  • CURRENCY (GERMAN)
  • CHILDREN
  • PROPAGANDA
  • GERMANS
  • SWASTIKAS
  • HITLER YOUTH
  • CIVILIANS
  • GERMANY
  • BUILDINGS

Places

  • Cologne, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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