PATROLS OF THE 83D DIVISION, HOUSTENBECK (?), TO BAD LIPPSPRINGE, GERMANY ; GERMAN ATROCITIES, OHRDRUF NEAR GOTHA, GERMANY ; 4TH DIVISION FINDS VICTIMS OF ATROCITY, OHRDRUF, GERMANY Part 3

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Signal Corps 11 DC ADC 3834 834-1 Card 1 of 2 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1553, 1566) FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 994' Silent PATROLS OF THE 83D DIVISION Houstenbeck (?) to Bad Lippspringe, Germany 4 April 1945 (LIB 5053) MSs, tanks loaded with soldiers moving along road. VS, burning enemy plane that was shot down. MSs, CUs, troops of the 331st Regt, 83d Div, atop M-24s and M-18s. Tanks move out. MSs, soldiers marching twd tanks and mounting them. GERMAN ATROCITIES Ohrdruf near Gotha, Germany 7 April 1945 (LIB 5212) Seq: MPs herding civilians of Ohrdruf thru shed to view bodies of victims. Civilians are taken to outdoor crematory. MS, German mayor and German officer. Record Group 111 CUs, charred bodies lying in mud. Accession Number III-NAV-210 MCUs, bodies stacked in shed ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC1, NY MS/1zw Signal Corps DC ADC 3834 834-2 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1553, 1566) Card 2 Of 2 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, Silent 4TH DIV FINDS VICTIMS OF ATROCITY Ohrdruf, Germany 6 April 1945 (LIB 5213) VS, victims in concentration camp scattered around camp grounds. MS, officer looks into shed and sees piles of dead bodies. VS, officer speaking to remaining prisoners who hid in woods until Germans left. MS, victim of malnutrition. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/1zw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities