"MURDER INC", GARDELEGEN, GERMANY ; CIVILIANS RETURN TO THEIR HOMES TO OBTAIN FOOD AND BELONGINGS, OSTERATH (?), GERMANY ; ALLIED BOMBING IN HOF, GERMANY Part 3

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Signal Corps ADC 4209 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1640-1643) Card 1 of 2 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 838' Silent 111 MURDER INC, ADC 4209-1 Gardelegen, Germany; 16 April 1945 (LIB 5724) LS, MLS, brick building which was used by Germans for cremation of scores of Polish political prisoners. CU, dead prisoner lying next to building. MS, soldiers of the 405th Inf Regt looking into open door of building piled with bodies. MS, lone survivor explaining to officers how he escaped. VS, piles of burned bodies inside building. MS, burned corpse in sitting position. MSs, CUs, piles of charred bodies near doorway of building. MS, CU, lone survivor being questioned by soldiers. CIVILIANS RETURN TO THEIR HOMES TO OBTAIN FOOD AND BELONGINGS Osterath (?), Germany; 16 April 1945 (LIB 5725) MSs, German civilian pulling empty carts along road. Seq: Girl enters house and brings out potatoes and other belongings which she places into cart under supervision of MP. Record Group 111 LS, crowd of civilians near railroad crossing Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35 Avenue, LIC 1, N.Y. MS/hs Signal Corps ADC 4209 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1640-1643) Card 2 of 2 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 838 ¥ Silent 111 ADC CIVILIANS RETURN TO THEIR HOMES TO 4209-2 OBTAIN FOOD AND BELONGINGS (CONT'D) Osterath (?), Germany 16 April 1945 (LIB 5725) (cont'd) VS, people pulling carts across railroad tracks on way to their homes. VS, woman loading cart with coal and food. ALLIED BOMBING IN HOF, GERMANY 17 April 1945 (LIB 5726) VS, almost complete destruction of railroad yard. MSs, CUs, destroyed locomotives, trains, rails and other equipment. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35 Avenue, LIC 1, N.Y. MS/hs

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities