Overview
- Description
- 00:10:06 (Paris 502) Execution of Three German Civilians by Hanging, Bruchsal, Germany, January 12, 1946. SEQ: Death sentence is read; condemned man walks to scaffold, is executed by hanging and his body placed in a coffin. (Same sequence for each prisoner.) MS, two Russian officers who were observers, speaking to an American woman correspondent.
Note: A Military Commission of the Seventh US Army found three German civilians guilty of killing two US Army men who were unarmed and prisoners of war.
00:15:14 (Paris 497) Execution of Nazi, Bruchsal, Germany, January 10, 1946. LS, gallows as hood is place over condemned man's head, rope placed over hood, and body dropped through trap. MLS, body is removed from beneath gallows and placed in coffin. Party approaching gallows. Condemned man kissing the Bible before mounting the scaffold.
Note: This man is a former German Army Sgt. Who was tried by the US Seventh Army court at Bruchsal and found guilty of killing an American aviator who bailed out of his plane over Germany. - Duration
- 00:07:14
- Date
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Event:
January 10-12, 1946
- Locale
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Bruchsal,
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.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 00:10:06:00 to 00:17:20:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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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.
Keywords & Subjects
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 2001.
- Copied From
- 1" VT; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3120
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5724 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:48:41
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