Burning the barracks at Belsen

Identifier
irn1003836
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-60.4372
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • The Honorable Hadassah Rosensaft

Scope and Content

Burning barracks. Brief shot of British flag on flagpole. Crowd of survivors watching barracks on fire.

Note(s)

  • This appears to be a continuation of the flame-thrower footage seen in Story 65, Film ID 10 (Source# A700/337/1-2), Story 2655, Film ID 165, and Story 4371, Film ID 2805. See also Story 2656, Film ID 165 for another video transfer of this film, created in 1987. Original MARS accession number: 145x-12

Subjects

  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
  • SMOKE
  • DESTRUCTION
  • CROWDS
  • TORCHES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH)
  • BERGEN-BELSEN
  • LIBERATION
  • FLAGS (BRITISH)
  • SURVIVORS
  • GERMANY
  • BARRACKS
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • FIRES
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • TYPHUS

Places

  • Bergen-Belsen, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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