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Murdered prisoners buried by German civilians

Film | Accession Number: 1991.256.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0122 | Film ID: 152

(LIB 5907) Murder, Gardelegen, Germany, April 22, 1945. HSs, long line of German civilians carrying grave markers and shovels leave village. CUs dead, skulls, corpses. VS, German civilians burying murdered prisoners who were burned to death. VS, German civilians carrying bodies in cemetery.

(LIB 5908) Mass Murder, Leipzig, Germany, April 20, 1945. HSs, burned building in concentration camp with bodies lying in the wreckage. CUs, 2 survivors. CUs, partially burned bodies entangled in electrified barbed wire fence. Corpses in a shed and burned barracks. MCUs, Russian women, forced laborers, crying near barbed wire fence.


Duration
00:06:29
Date
Event:  April 20-22, 1945
Locale
Gardelegen, Germany
Leipzig, Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
01:42:30:00 to 01:48:59:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 152 Video: One Inch - b&w and color - NTSC
    Master 152 Video: One Inch - b&w and color - NTSC
    Master 152 Video: One Inch - b&w and color - NTSC
    Master 152 Video: One Inch - b&w and color - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 152 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
    Preservation 152 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
    Preservation 152 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
    Preservation 152 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1991. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
Note
This story is related to Story 860, Film ID 833 and Story 2013, Film ID 839 (111 ADC 4051 and 111 ADC 4059).
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2108
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4052

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:02:24
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