Soviet POWs; Nazis in Vilna

Identifier
irn1000239
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.260.1
  • RG-60.0253
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Minsk: Surrendered Soviet soldiers/POWs, all walk along road. With turbans, Asian facial features. MLS, sign, "Berlin-Breslau-Moskau." Vilna: Infantry arrives, walks down country road, proud, tired. A few townspeople and children greet German soldiers with flowers. Watch from in town and along road. Tanks line edge of road.

Note(s)

  • Contrary to information on BA shot list, this reel does not contain footage of "Jews rounded up, the synagogue, and Jewish ghetto with Jewish types." It has been edited out. "Berlin" sign appears in Story 268, Film ID 201.

Subjects

  • LITHUANIA
  • MARCHING
  • SURRENDER
  • CIVILIANS
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • TANKS
  • POWS
  • USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
  • SIGNS/POSTERS
  • BICYCLES
  • SOVIET UNION
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • POWS (SOVIET)
  • NAZI OFFICIALS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • CHILDREN
  • FLOWERS

Places

  • Minsk, Soviet Union
  • Vilna, Lithuania

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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