Landsberg DP Camp conditions investigated

Identifier
irn1000702
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2040
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)

Scope and Content

(Paris 429) Investigation of Jewish DP Camp, Landsberg, Germany, December 6, 1945. MS, train at station. Seq: Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith accompanied by Maj Gen Albert W. Kenner, Judge SH Rifkin (Theater Commander's Adviser on Jewish Affairs), correspondents and photographers entering camp and touring the barracks, mess halls, and other buildings. They stop to speak to some of the DPs and question them regarding the conditions of the camp.

Note(s)

  • Wrong slate (indicating 111 ADC 4517) introduces this segment. THIS SEGMENT IS 111 ADC 5607. See Story 2041 following this footage on Film ID 893 (TC 01:21:41 - 01:27:59) for 111 ADC 4517. Duplicate footage on Film ID 904, Story 927.

Subjects

  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS
  • LANDSBERG
  • BARRACKS
  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
  • SURVIVORS (JEWISH)
  • INTERVIEWS
  • CAMERA OPERATORS
  • PRESS
  • JOURNALISTS
  • BUILDINGS

Places

  • Landsberg, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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