PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 228, 229 CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSCHWITZ Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8557 ADC 8557 SOURCE: WAR CRIMES COMMISSION, APSD-PS-1217 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 1062' ea Comp (Standard) PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 228, 229 CONCENTRATION CAMPS - AUSCHWITZ German Narration This reel contains: close shots of children showing the numbers on their arms, high angle shot of procession of children moving in barbed wire enclosure, close=ups of charred heads and remains of bodies in the ovens, close-ups of cans of gas and other chemicals, bodies in a deep trench, one dead woman with embryo beside her. The Russian commission examines deep grave filled with bodies. Prisoners demonstrate a scaffold, including the trap and noose. There are close shots of prisoners who were professors and doctors. In the storehouse are: human hair in bundles, piles of false teeth, razors, brushes, eyeglasses, shoes and clothing. Russian soldiers hold up some children's clothes. Suitcases from all countries are also piled up. Women weep beside grave. A band plays the funeral march. Choir boys follow the band. Many coffins are carried to large grave as hundreds attend ceremonies. Priests and flag bearers attend. Women weep as the huge grave is covered. Doctors examine some of the survivors: an emaciated youth, children with bad feet, men with swollen ankles, all evidences of brutality. Some still photographs formerly of healthy children in contrast with conditions in the camp. The film ends with photographs of the Nazi officers who are held guilty for conditions at the camp. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, N Y ERBS/kfr RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities