PATROL IN LEIPZIG RR STATION, GERMANY ; US 26TH DIVISION DISCOVER BODIES OF RUSSIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES, HELBRECHTS (?), GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4079 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1654) Card I of 2 79-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 935' ea Silent LIB 5781 PATROL IN LEIPZIG RR STATION Germany 19 April 1945 MSs, CUs, patrol from 1st Bn, 272 Inf Regt, 69th Div, going thru railroad station and yards breaking doors, windows, searching cars and offices for snipers. Pan, large group of German prisoners under guard in factory courtyard. Various CUs, individual prisoners ranging from 15 to 58 years of age. MLS, MS, uniformed civil police in formation. LS, Pan, badly damaged bldg with inscription "University of Leipzig" in German. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4079 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1654) Card 2 of 2 079-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 935' ea Silent LIB 5782 US 26TH DIV DISCOVER BODIES OF RUSSIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES Helbrechts (?) Germany 18 April 1945 Seq: German civilians exhume bodies of 30 odd Polish and Russian refugee women buried in the city dump. CU, freed Russian woman watches proceedings. CUs, several bodies of the women partially covered by paper bags in which they had been buried. CU, US MP directing removal of bodies. MS, Polish boy, former prisonert watches removal of bodies. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities