Ohrdruf; Hadamar
Creator(s)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
Gens. Eisenhower, Bradley, and Patton inspect Ohrdruf camp. Shows whipping posts, crematoriums, and corpses. Civilians taken on a tour of the camp. Shows emaciated inmates of Hadamar, hospital. Corpses are exhumed and buried; autopsies are made.
Note(s)
Refer to SSFVA files for a source list of the miscellaneous film "Atrocities" cataloged at NARA as 111 M 1190. Sources include March of Time, News of the Day, Signal Corps, MGM, Fox Movietone News, American Newsreel Pool, Universal Newsreel, and others.
Subjects
- ATROCITIES
- CIVILIANS
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
- TORTURE
- GRAVES
- GERMANY
- PATTON, GEORGE
- HADAMAR INSTITUTE
- BURIALS
- LIBERATION
- HOSPITALS
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS
- GERMANS
- DOCTORS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- SURVIVORS
- EISENHOWER, DWIGHT
- BRADLEY, OMAR N.
- BARBED WIRE
- CREMATORIA
- OHRDRUF
- CORPSES
Places
- Ohrdruf, Germany
- Hadamar, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.
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