Overview
- Description
- (Munich 191) Hangings at Landsberg, Germany, May 28, 1946. Continuation of military hangings of three German civilians in courtyard, including Capt. Felix Freeman. MS, captain reading death sentences. Coffin containing bodies of executed men being moved out of courtyard.
- Duration
- 08:09:32
- Date
-
Event:
1946 May 28
- Locale
-
Landsberg,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 21:39:15:00 to 29:48:47:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2379 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2379 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2379 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2379 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2379 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2379 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2379 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2379 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
- Note
- Captain Felix Freeman (Friedheim) oversaw the hangings at Landsberg in May 1946 and can be seen clearly in this film footage. He had previously been a political prisoner at Lichtenberg, Ravensbruck, and Dachau, where the SS doctor Fritz Hintermeyer refused to treat him. Dr. Hintermeyer was one of the men he hung in 1946. Capt. Freeman described his experiences during World War II in the attached autobiographical essay.
- Copied From
- 35mm DNS; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3150
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5983 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:49:36
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