Hanging of Nazis

Identifier
irn1000639
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.257.1
  • RG-60.0420
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • Sylvia Townsend Warner (Camera Operator)
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)

Scope and Content

Convicted Nazi war criminals are hanged as American military observers watch. Men escorted to scaffold with chaplain or priest, blindfolded and hanged against backdrop of castle wall. Bodies removed, placed in coffins. Very sobering.

Subjects

  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • GERMANY
  • COFFINS
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • CLERGY
  • HANGINGS

Places

  • Bruchsal, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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