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Maj. Sydney L. Burr Collection

Film Collection | Accession Number: 2008.118.1

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    Collection Summary
    Amateur film shot by Jamie Russell’s father, Major Sydney L. Burr, of destroyed German towns after the war, including heavily bomb-damaged Nuremberg and Paris, and of Dachau concentration camp immediately after liberation, including shots of survivors and of victims of the death train.
    Credit
    US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Jamie B. Russell

    Physical Details

    B&W / Color
    Black & White

    Administrative Notes

    Film Source
    Ms. Jamie B. Russell
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    Ruins of Nuremberg; Flag-raising

    Film | Accession Number: 2008.118.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4673 | Film ID: 2856

    Date
    Event:  April-May 1945

    Aerial views of postwar Paris

    Film | Accession Number: 2008.118.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4674 | Film ID: 2856

    Date
    Event:  April-May 1945

    Postwar destruction in Germany

    Film | Accession Number: 2008.118.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4675 | Film ID: 2856

    Date
    Event:  April-May 1945

    Dachau at liberation; death train; SS bodies

    Film | Accession Number: 2008.118.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4676 | Film ID: 2856

    Date
    Event:  early May 1945, maybe May 1
    Dachau at liberation; death train; SS bodies

    Postwar destruction of German city; US soldiers celebrate

    Film | Accession Number: 2008.118.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4677 | Film ID: 2856

    Date
    Event:  early May 1945, maybe May 1
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    2022-07-28 22:05:21
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