Russian civilians dig up German graves

Identifier
irn1004108
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.474.1
  • RG-60.4604
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (Krasnogorsk)

Scope and Content

Men unearth the corpses of German soldiers in a snow-covered graveyard. They pull German helmets out of the graves and throw them onto the snow. Shots of the men digging up the corpses and dragging them out of the graves. They toss the corpses onto a burning pyre.

Subjects

  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • CORPSES
  • SOVIET UNION
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • CEMETERIES
  • GRAVES

Places

  • , Soviet Union

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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