Gardelegen burial of POWs

Identifier
irn1003777
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.712.1
  • RG-60.4324
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(LIB 5953) "Murder, Incorporated", Gardelegen, Germany, April 25, 1945 SEQ: Catholic and Jewish chaplains conduct memorial services for 1100 prisoners of war murdered by Germans. VAR, graves in small cemetery. MS, Honor Guard firing salute. MS, bugler sounding Taps.

Note(s)

  • Slate on videotape incorrectly introduces this reel as 111 ADC 4295. This is 111 ADC 4299. See RG-60.4316, Film ID 2741 for more burial scenes in Gardelegen.

Subjects

  • GARDELEGEN
  • PRIESTS
  • GERMANY
  • MASS GRAVES
  • CORPSES
  • RELIGIOUS SERVICES
  • GRAVES
  • CEMETERIES
  • BURIALS
  • CHAPLAINS
  • RELIGIOUS SERVICES (JEWISH)
  • JEWS
  • CLERGY

Places

  • Gardelegen, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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