Landsberg (Dachau) hangings
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- Singleton (Camera Operator)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
Scope and Content
(Munich 193) Landsberg (Dachau) Hangings, Landsberg, Germany, May 29, 1946. Scenes showing condemned men marching to the gallows and being hung. An officer reading the charges. Capt. Felix Freeman discussing hangings with Swiss newspaperman, Karl S. Wick. Some of the condemned men making statements. Civilian workmen fastening coffin tops. Condemned men are hung. 04:22:21 Former Dachau commandant, Martin Gottfried Weiss, is hung.
Note(s)
Coverage of the military hangings of Becher, Lippman, Temple, Hintermeyer, Knoll, Eichelsdorfer, Boettger, Kick, Weiss, and Wagner are found in 111 ADC 6007 - RG-60.2881, Film ID 2361; 111 ADC 6008 - RG-60.2978, Film ID 2381; and 111 ADC 6009 - RG-60.2336, Film ID 896.
Captain Felix Freeman (Friedheim) oversaw the hangings at Landsberg in May 1946 and can be seen clearly in this film footage. He had previously been a political prisoner at Lichtenberg, Ravensbruck, and Dachau, where the SS doctor Fritz Hintermeyer refused to treat him. Dr. Hintermeyer was one of the men he hung in 1946. Capt. Freeman described his experiences during World War II in the attached autobiographical essay.
Subjects
- GERMANY
- CIVILIANS
- COFFINS
- DACHAU
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- LANDSBERG
- GALLOWS
- HANGINGS
- JOURNALISTS
Places
- Landsberg, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.