Women survivors; corpses; execution

Identifier
irn1003141
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.188.1
  • RG-60.3679
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense

Scope and Content

"Crime et Chatiment" [ECPA handwritten notes indicate that these are Jewish women at "Camp Transit d'Allach."] Women survivors. Young, showing numbers on arms, holding pictures of themselves before the war. Sign: "...Dachau" ; "Waffen SS" HAS, camp courtyard with survivors. "X" on back. Cages. Near gas chamber, man in striped uniform showing INT of gas chamber (dark). Pile of corpses. Carrying corpse inside shack. Pile of clothing. Bodies on wagon. American/French? soldiers escort man to his execution. Firing squad.

Subjects

  • LIBERATION
  • WAFFEN SS
  • SURVIVORS
  • EXECUTIONS
  • DACHAU
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ALLIES)
  • WOMEN
  • TRANSIT CAMPS
  • GERMANY
  • GAS CHAMBERS
  • PHOTOGRAPHS
  • PRISONS
  • CARTS/WAGONS
  • CORPSES
  • TATTOOS
  • ALLACH
  • CLOTHES
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)

Places

  • , Germany

Genre

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