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MUNICH. [No.] 191, HANGINGS AT LANSBERG, GERMANY Part 1
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Signal Corps ADC 5984 SOURCE: AFCF (M-2138) DC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 664' Silent 984 HANGINGS AT LANDSBERG, GERMANY (MUNICH 191) 28 May 1946 (No Captions) Bodies of hanged men are set in coffins and coffins are stacked in yard. Soldier adjusts rope on scaffold. German civilian hangman speaking to American officers. Condemned man is escorted out of prison and up to scaffold. Several scenes of executed men dangling from rope under scaffold. Black hood is slipped over head of condemned man. CU, name "Dr Shilling Claus" on coffin. Group of US soldiers and officers watching thehangings. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/mle
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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