War Crimes Trials: Malmedy

Identifier
irn1001411
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2291
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(Munich 174) Malmedy War Crimes Trials, Dachau, Germany, May 20, 1946. Former Lt. Virgil P. Lary, Jr. takes the stand and tells how his unit was captured and how many of the US soldiers were massacred. CU, Lt. Col. Barton J. Ellis, Chief Prosecutor, questioning Lary. MCU, Col. Ellis. MS, Lary demonstrates how the first two shots were fired by one of the defendants and walks to prisoner's dock and points out George Fleps (No. 14) as the man who killed the American prisoner.

Subjects

  • DACHAU
  • TRIALS
  • PROSECUTORS
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • MALMEDY (ATROCITY)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • NAZI OFFICIALS

Places

  • Dachau, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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