Nordhausen; Hannover; Buchenwald
Creator(s)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
Corpses at Nordhausen. US medical crews evacuate survivors. MS, corpses. Survivors assisted onto litters, evacuated for treatment, man praying/crying, eating, loaded onto ambulances. Victims buried in a common grave by German civilians, corpses carried (gruesome), priest at jeep. Civilians march with shovels. Soldiers stand by mass graves. Red Cross workers feed soup to Hannover survivors. CUs, men eating. Severely wounded men lying under blankets inside barracks. Burial. Several survivors gather for group photograph against barn wall, to document atrocities. Courtyard, "Jedem das Seine" gate, male survivors, tattoos on stomach, survivors, corpses, torture demonstration, gold extracts, and crematoria at Buchenwald.
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
- GERMANS
- GRAVES
- RED CROSS
- CREMATORIA
- BUCHENWALD
- HANOVER-AHLEM
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS
- MASS GRAVES
- ATROCITIES
- AMBULANCES
- BURIALS
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
- NORDHAUSEN
- FOOD
- EATING
- SURVIVORS
- CORPSES
- GERMANY
Places
- Nordhausen, Germany
- Hannover, Germany
- Buchenwald, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.