Overview
- Description
- Munich and Dachau circa 1947. Title. Pan of several dozen dump carts- carts have two wagon type wheels and are numbered, made of wood planks. (0:57) Large sign: ‘WAR CRIMES ENCLOSURE DIRECTORY’ listing several areas including the West gate, War Crimes Court Area, Post Hospital, Officers Club and others. Directory for the Main Gate area which includes the Post Headquarters, Post Library, Crematory, Billeting Office and others. (1:03) EXT of Dachau camp showing the main gate, a wall with barbed wire, empty streets. (1:20) P.W. Discharge Center, a two story building with a watch tower. Sign points to the Crematory. Tree lined path with barbed wire fencing on both sides. (1:51) Sign in several languages: "Ashes were Stored Here". EXT, crematory with a large chimney. One story brick building with a peak roof. (2:27) Sign in several languages: "Old Callow Stand" Platform with a coffin and a white cross. INT of crematory with several ovens. (3:27) "Brausebad" sign. Woman showing how the interior of an oven is raised and lowered. "Reinlichkeit ist Hier Pflicht Deshalb Hande Washen Nicht Vergessen” sign. INTs. Prisoner mannequin hung up by his hands. Another by a window. Both have plaques. (4:30) Sign: "Do Not Remove Anything This is No Place to Collect Souvenirs’. Field with stalls on the perimeter and guard towers. Barracks. Guard in tower with C-6 on helmet. (5:52) INTs. (6:02) Tree with sign: "Hanging Tree" Woman in window on second floor. Munich, street scenes. Railroad tracks. Long train. Children walking in street. (8:00) Film ends.
- Duration
- 00:07:59
- Date
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Event:
1946-1952
- Locale
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Munich,
Germany
- Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Laura Rendahl
- Contributor
-
Camera operator:
William A. Jacobsen
- Biography
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William A. Jacobsen was a War Crimes Judge with the Department of State in Germany from 1946 to 1952.
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- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- Laura Rendahl donated her father's films to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021.
- Film Source
- Laura Rendahl
- File Number
- Source Archive Number: Reel 04-001
- Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:04:43
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War crimes Judge William August Jacobsen collected films while working for the United States Department of State from 1946 to 1952 in Germany. Materials include several personal home movies as well as German educational films.
Postwar Munich
Film
Bombed and vacant buildings. Lots of rubble with barely any civilians on the streets. Train station platform with mother and daughter. Views from moving train of train depot and countryside. City square with trolley and crowds, possibly in Spring. Men with pushcarts and bicycle carts, horse carriages. People are well dressed. (3:08) Field with derelict planes with swastika insignia. Young boy and girl walk around the ruined aircraft. Ruined bridges. Views from a moving car of the countryside and mountains. Mother with young boy and girl waving and walking towards the camera, they go in a building. (5:38) Boy and girl on a different day in a yard with an empty and overgrown pool. Trolley car filled with passengers. (6:45) Large clock tower and building. (7:53) City square with crowds and streetcar. Military jeep. Several people carry luggage. Some rubble. (10:04) Building façade held up with scaffolding. Other buildings are partially damaged. (11:09) Film ends.
Cemetery
Film
Large statue/fountain. Buildings with significant damage. Germans walk in the streets of Würzburg. School-age girls walk with adults. (0:43) Cemetery with an obelisk and crosses. People visit the gravesites, many of which have flowers. (1:46) CU of several grave markers, including Georgette Barbey and Familie Dorer. (2:01) Film ends.
War damage
Film
Street scenes in Wurzburg around Lower Market Square. Statue of Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. Warm weather with many people in the streets. On the corner there is a demolished building and new billboards. Side street, damaged buildings. Women sell flowers in the square next to St. Mary's Chapel (Marienkapelle). Crowds. (1:19) Street vendors. Destroyed building facades and rubble. Locals walk and shop. (2:23) Sign: "Frankfurter Herbst-Messe". Other advertising. (2:31) Film ends.
