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Hadamar Murder Mills; Atrocities at Ohrdruf

Film | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2770 | Film ID: 2335

20:00:41 (LIB 5168-LIB 5170) Hadamar Murder Mills, Hadamar, Germany, April 7, 1945. LSs building of insane asylum where interrogation is taking place. INT, Dr. Adolf Wahlmann, Karl Willig, and Adolph Merkle being interrogated by War Crimes Investigation team. MSs, CUs, political prisoners leaving building and entering car. Car driving off.

20:05:45 (LIB 5211) Atrocities at Ohrdruf, near Gotha, Germany, April 10, 1945. SEQ: Leading German citizens and German officers are brought out to labor camp to view results of the mass slayings. They view stacks of dead bodies and look at outdoor crematoria. MSs, soldier reading story of atrocities to the reluctant visitors.

Note: The original captions say that officials of Psychological Warfare, Military Govt, and CIC accompany the people. The only Americans in the footage are a guard and the soldier in the last scenes.


Duration
00:08:49
Date
Event:  April-May 1945
Locale
Hadamar, Germany
Gotha, 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.
Camera Operator: A.J. Wedderburn
Camera Operator: Moscow
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
20:00:41:00 to 20:09:30:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2335 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 2335 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 2335 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 2335 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2335 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2335 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2335 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2335 Video: Betacam SP - 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 2001.
Note
See also Story 2243, Film ID 867 for duplicate footage that was obtained from NARA as March of Time outtakes: 200 MTT 1425 Z
Copied From
35mm DNS; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2923
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 3832

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 22:03:24
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