Hadamar Murder Mills; Atrocities at Ohrdruf
Creator(s)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
- A.J. Wedderburn (Camera Operator)
- Moscow (Camera Operator)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
20:00:41 (LIB 5168-LIB 5170) Hadamar Murder Mills, Hadamar, Germany, April 7, 1945. LSs building of insane asylum where interrogation is taking place. INT, Dr. Adolf Wahlmann, Karl Willig, and Adolph Merkle being interrogated by War Crimes Investigation team. MSs, CUs, political prisoners leaving building and entering car. Car driving off. 20:05:45 (LIB 5211) Atrocities at Ohrdruf, near Gotha, Germany, April 10, 1945. SEQ: Leading German citizens and German officers are brought out to labor camp to view results of the mass slayings. They view stacks of dead bodies and look at outdoor crematoria. MSs, soldier reading story of atrocities to the reluctant visitors. Note: The original captions say that officials of Psychological Warfare, Military Govt, and CIC accompany the people. The only Americans in the footage are a guard and the soldier in the last scenes.
Note(s)
See also Story 2243, Film ID 867 for duplicate footage that was obtained from NARA as March of Time outtakes: 200 MTT 1425 Z
Subjects
- LIBERATION
- OHRDRUF
- ATROCITIES
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
- GERMANY
- HADAMAR INSTITUTE
Places
- Hadamar, Germany
- Gotha, Germany
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film