Overview
- 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
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Event:
1945 April 08
- Locale
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Germany
Holzen, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: Kier
Camera Operator: Weiner
Subject: Adriaan Antoon Jacob Johan Thomson
- Biography
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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
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- 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
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- 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 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:05:14
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