War Crimes Trial: Bergen-Belsen guards

Identifier
irn1000154
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0932
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

"Belsen Death Camp Leaders Meet Justice." Four British soldiers guarding door. CU, SS camp guards arriving for trial and climbing out of a truck. VCU, Josef Kramer. Crowds behind barriers in street. SS woman, including Irma Grese (the "bitch of Bergen-Belsen") and Juana Bormann, climbing out of truck. Filing into courtroom. Numbers hanging on defendants. Soldiers/military seated, Fritz Klein. Hundreds of corpses laid out in rows on ground. Newsreel footage also includes the following parts: 01:32:31 "Sailing Ship 'Danmark' Goes Home Again" 01:33:44 "14 Marines and Sailors Win Highest Award" 01:34:38 "Allied Undersea Demolition Teams Aided Invasion" 01:36:58 "Secretary Byrnes Reports on London Meeting" 01:39:17 "Admiral Nimitz is Hailed in Washington"

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  • United News Contents Sheets available in departmental files.

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