Schwerin burial of Nazi victims

Identifier
irn1003768
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.712.1
  • RG-60.4315
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(LIB 6509) Burial of Atrocity Camp Victims, Schwerin, Germany, May 7-8, 1945 MSs, CUs, German civilians digging graves in park area. CU, German uniformed policeman. LS, crowd at burial ceremony. MCUs, Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish chaplains conduct burial services. CUs, Germans view bodies. CUs, bodies in graves covered with dirt.

Subjects

  • MASS GRAVES
  • CHAPLAINS
  • GERMANS
  • CIVILIANS
  • BURIALS
  • CLERGY
  • POLICE (GERMAN)
  • RELIGIOUS SERVICES (JEWISH)
  • PRIESTS
  • GRAVES
  • EXHUMATIONS
  • CORPSES
  • RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Places

  • Schwerin, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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