War Crimes Trials: Malmedy

Identifier
irn1001413
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2293
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(Munich 176) Malmedy War Crimes Trials, Dachau, Germany, May 21, 1946. Kenneth E. Kingston, former American officer, tells how he and his unit surrendered and how some of the soldiers were massacred. Kingston is questioned by Lt. Robert E. Byrne, US prosecutor. K. Ahrens, another former soldier, testifying about his surrender and how US soldiers were killed. Pointer on map indicates the route which Ahrens' unit followed. MS, Capt Ralph Shumacker, prosecution counselor, questions Ahrens.

Subjects

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

Places

  • Dachau, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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