Woebbelin concentration camp; Russians and GIs; US generals at bridge

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irn1000746
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0848
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  • Silent
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EHRI Partner

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(LIB 6299) Prisoners of Concentration Camp, Wobbelin, Germany, May 4, 1945. MSs, CUs, weak starved inmates of the camp. CUs, extremely emaciated individuals. Seq: Emaciated prisoners are helped by other inmates into trucks. In many cases victims cannot stand on their feet. MSs, CUs, weak, sick prisoners lying on ground near barracks pleading for help. (LIB 6300) Russians and GIs, Sandau, Germany. INT, banquet given by Polish and Russian officers to liason pilots of the 102nd Division. Short scene: Russian and US soldiers speaking on the banks of the Elbe River. (LIB 6301) PWs and Infantry, near Eggenfelden, Germany, May 2, 1945. MSs, Gen George S Patton Jr, Maj Gen James A Van Fleet, and Maj Gen Cooper-Smith inspect bridge over the Isar River. Rear views, Generals looking at bridge as traffic moves over the steel treadways. LSs, large group of prisoners concentrated in open field. CUs, two German soldiers talking to a US MP.

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