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 Stevens was used as evidence in official war crimes trials as Prosecution Exhibit #230. This part of the film starts with Mauthausen before showing Buchenwald (8:00), Dauchau (11:28) and Belsen (17:23). Some of the scenes Buchenwald (8:00) Concentration Camp: Army trucks arrive with aid for survivors. Piles of dead, mutilated and emaciated bodies. Some survivors among dead. Huge ovens and piles of bone ash on floor of crematorium. Civilians from nearby Weimar are forced to tour camp. They see exhibits of lampshades made of human skin, and two shrunken heads. At 17:23 a British commander of Royal Artillery describes conditions at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp. German Army Schutzstaffel (SS) troops are forced to bury dead and aid survivors. Woman doctor, former prisoner, describes conditions in female section of camp. Belson commander Kramer is taken into custody. German guards bury dead. Bulldozer pushes piles of bodies into mass graves. The film ends with an affidavit signed by E.R. Kellogg of the U.S. Navy attesting to the authenticity of the film shown as well as the fact that none of it was altered or enhanced in any way. See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for…
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Details
- Running time
- 27 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 1945
- US Government
- WWII
- Nazi Concentration Camp
- George Stephens
- Stock Footage
- Periscope Film
