Arnstadt Horrors / Slave Labor Camp Part 3

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Signal Corps ADC 3961 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1608-1610) Card 1 of 2 3961-FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 814' ea Silent LIB 5566 - ARNSTADT HORRORS Arnstadt, Germany - 14 April 1945 Seq: German civilians disinter bodies of concentration camp victims. CU, a cadaver with crushed head. LSs, CUs, dog kennel for watch dog. Pan from camp gate to tents used to house 1700 prisoners. LSs to MSs, corpses lying outside of grave from which they have just been exhumed. LSs to MSs, bodies laid out on ground are viewed by several US soldiers. CU, body half-submerged in pit. (Note: The German concentration camp at Arnstadt housed Polish and Russian prisoners.) Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-21@ ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Signal Corps ADC 3961 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1608-1610) Card 2 of 2 IDC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 814' ea Silent 961-2 LIB 5567 - SLAVE LABOR CAMP Nordhausen, Germany - 11 April 45 LS, Pan, destroyed buildings of prison camp area. CU, dead bodies lying in prison area. MSs, CUs, some of the cadaverous-looking prisoners. Excellent scenes, US medics and MPs of the 3rd Armored Div, FUSA, carry the sick and dying prisoners out of the camp. Seq: Emaciated man seated on ground is helped onto litter by US medics. The man is crying and clasping his hands in thankful prayer. Short scene, unidentified US Brig Gen speaks to internees. Ext CU, Pan emaciated prisoners seated amid rubble. vs, liberated prisoners eating and talking. Ints, emaciated victims lying in barracks amid corpses. CU, starved prisoner eating an egg. VS, US medics lead or carry extremely emaciated prisoners from the bldg. MS, loaded ambulances pull out of area. (Note: The Nordhausen concentration camp showed the most horrible examples of Nazi brutality. Hundreds of emaciated bodies covered the filthy barracks floors. More than 2, 000 Russian, French, Italian, Belgian and Polish captives lived under these conditions.) Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities