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Landsberg (Dachau) hangings

Film | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2881 | Film ID: 2361

(Munich 193) Landsberg (Dachau) Hangings, Landsberg, Germany, May 29, 1946. Scenes showing condemned men marching to the gallows and being hung. An officer reading the charges. Capt. Felix Freeman discussing hangings with Swiss newspaperman, Karl S. Wick. Some of the condemned men making statements. Civilian workmen fastening coffin tops. Condemned men are hung. 04:22:21 Former Dachau commandant, Martin Gottfried Weiss, is hung.


Duration
00:07:51
Date
Event:  1946 May 29
Locale
Landsberg, 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: Singleton
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
04:17:35:00 to 04:25:26:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2361 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
Coverage of the military hangings of Becher, Lippman, Temple, Hintermeyer, Knoll, Eichelsdorfer, Boettger, Kick, Weiss, and Wagner are found in 111 ADC 6007 - RG-60.2881, Film ID 2361; 111 ADC 6008 - RG-60.2978, Film ID 2381; and 111 ADC 6009 - RG-60.2336, Film ID 896.

Captain Felix Freeman (Friedheim) oversaw the hangings at Landsberg in May 1946 and can be seen clearly in this film footage. He had previously been a political prisoner at Lichtenberg, Ravensbruck, and Dachau, where the SS doctor Fritz Hintermeyer refused to treat him. Dr. Hintermeyer was one of the men he hung in 1946. Capt. Freeman described his experiences during World War II in the attached autobiographical essay.
Copied From
35mm DNS; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 3060
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 6007

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 22:03:08
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