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German concentration camp in Holzen; destruction in German town

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2005 | Film ID: 836

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    German concentration camp in Holzen; destruction in German town

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    Description
    (LIB 5215) German Concentration Camp, Holzen, Germany, April 8, 1945. LSs, soldiers of 329th Regiment, 83rd Division, near German concentration camp. CUs, Russian, Polish, Czech and Jewish prisoners behind barbed-wire fence. VS, undernourished prisoners. MS, internee picking lice from body of another internee. Officers and soldiers speaking with internees. 02:11:58 The newly liberated prisoner, Adriaan Thomson, with his hands clasped together talks to an American officer. MSs, officers leaving cave where French and Italian slave labor was employed making V-1 buzz bombs.

    (LIB 5216) Pockets, Schmallenberg, Germany, April 8, 1945. LSs, P-47s dive bombing and strafing town just before it fell to Gen. Courtney Hodge's First Army. LS, M-4 tank firing 76mm gun. LS, shells exploding in town. LSs, P-47s strafing buring town. Silhouette, rear view, soldier looking at burning town. MSs, soldiers cautiously advancing along walls and streets of wrecked town. MS, M-4 tank moving through street. MSs, German prisoners and civilians walking past burning buildings.
    Duration
    00:09:47
    Date
    Event:  1945 April 08
    Locale
    Germany
    Holzen, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
    Camera Operator: Kier
    Camera Operator: Weiner
    Subject: Adriaan Antoon Jacob Johan Thomson
    Biography
    Adriaan Antoon Jacob Johan Thomson (1906-1980) was a Dutch non-Jewish army officer arrested for espionage and resistance activities. From May 1942 until April 1945, he was transported to and imprisoned in various prison camps in Germany, Poland, and the Netherlands. By the end of April 1945, he returned to Eindhoven and reunited with his sister.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    02:08:33:00 to 02:18:20:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 836 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 836 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 836 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 836 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 836 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 836 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 836 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 836 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    Rights & Restrictions

    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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
    Note
    Here, Adriaan Antoon Jacob Johan Thomson (1906-1980) appears the day after liberation weighing only 40 kilos.
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 1404
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 2964
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:14
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