Corpses after Russian massacre; bodies; Jews beaten

Identifier
irn1004505
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.356.1
  • RG-60.1239
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

"Agfa 1941" Overturned train. Exhumation of victims of the NKVD in Brygidki prison in Lviv in the summer of 1941. Laying out the bodies of officers and soldiers. Crowd gathered around bodies. (VQ, very soft, dark) Women poking at bodies which are being laid out in the courtyard, sweeping them clean? Woman running after and beating a man in the crowd. Soldiers pull her back and comfort her. Woman keening. A Ukrainian militiaman, recognizable by his armband, beating a Jewish man in Brygidki prison in Lviv. This was during the "prison action" of the Lviv pogrom of 1941. Many bodies laid out in foundation of building/basement. Scene change; different location. Pan around to bodies, some clothed, some with clothes partially torn off. Visible at edge of frame is a German/Nazi cameraman. LS, bodies strewn everywhere. MLS corpse with face shot off. Hat on the ground; suspenders showing. Bullet holes in the wall. Streaks of blood? LS, town, building facades with bullet holes and chips. EXT, large building devastated by fire. Military vehicles drive along the street next to the building riddled with bullet holes. Uniformed men stand next to building and rubble.

Note(s)

  • See also RG-60.0328 for duplicate footage. According to historian John-Paul Himka (May 2010), the scene takes place in 1941 in Lviv (Lwow), where victims of the NKVD killings were found at the prison. Jews were blamed and forced to "help" but were also attacked by the locals. The building here should be identifiable, and the burn marks at the windows are likely to match photos. // Victims of the Russian massacre is the open field with corpses of soldiers with bullet holes - verify that they are Polish.

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.

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