Synopsis
This historic film "Nazi Concentration Camps" was created immediately after WWII by the United States Government (August 1945) in an attempt to document the atrocities committed by the German state. The documentary report created by famed director George Stephens was used as evidence in official war crimes trials. This first half of the film shows various camps including Leipzig (4:17), Penig (5:33), Ohrdruf (8:23), Breendonck (18:53), Nordhausen (21:28), Hannover (24:33), and Arnstadt (27:00). The film begins with Army Lt. Col. George C. Stevens, Navy Lt. E. Ray Kellogg and U.S. Chief of Counsel Robert H. Jackson reading exhibited affidavits which attest to authenticity of scenes in film. A map of Europe shows locations of concentration camps in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovokia, Danzig, Denmark, France, Germany, Isle of Jersey, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland and Yugoslavia. At Leipsig Concentration Camp, there are piles of dead bodies, and many living Russian, Czechoslovakian, Polish and French prisoners. At Penig Concentration Camp, Hungarian women and others display wounds. Doctors treat patients and U.S. Red Cross workers move them to German Air Force hospital where their former captors are forced to care for them. At Ohrdruf Concentration Camp (8:23), an inspection team composed of Allied military leaders, members of U.S. Congress and local townspeople tours camp. Among them are Generals Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Headquaters Allied Expeditionary Forces…
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- 31 minutes
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- Ephemeral Films
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