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German officers congratulate their troops advancing in Mogilev.

German campaign in Russia. Dead bodies of Russian soldiers and demolished vehicles. Horse drawn carriages and troops advance. German officers congratulate their troops.

Location: Mogilev Belarus

Date: 1941

Duration: 29 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

Adolf Hitler arrives with other dignitaries in Minsk, Belarus.

The first five months of the German war against the USSR in Minsk, Belarus. Adolf Hitler with other dignitaries watches the area from an airplane. Adolf Hitler comes out from the airplane. He talks to the soldiers. General Field marshal Von Block, Bialystock and Smolensk arrive at the place. The scorched earth policy is used by the retreating Russians. A map points the target places of the war. Houses in the field. Soldiers pass on the field on military vehicles, horse-carts and horses with guns in hands. A soldier passes on a railway track. Other soldiers walk on the front with guns in hands. They fire guns on the field. Smoke arises due to the firing. Tanks and other vehicles on the field. Soldiers stand near a river. Tanks move on the field. Smoke arises from firing. The firing continues. Wrecked vehicles on the field. Soldiers fire hiding behind the vehicles.

Location: Minsk Belarus Soviet Union

Date: 1941, June 22

Duration: 5 min 14 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

The wreckage caused due to the war in Minsk, Belarus.

The first five months of the German war against the USSR in Minsk, Belarus. The Panzer division advance. Soldiers pass on the street. Soldiers fire guns. Smoke arises due to the firing. An airplane drops bomb on the war area. The bomb explodes. Soldiers continue firing. Black smoke arises of the bombardment. Horse-carts on street. A tank burns alongside the street. Soldiers on a tank in the field. Wrecked houses and rubbles on the field. A map points some places. Artillery and Bunkers on the field. Soldier fires artillery. Prisoners walking on the field with their hands rose above their heads. Soldiers stand along with them. High altitude view of the city. Houses and buildings in the city.

Location: Minsk Belarus Soviet Union

Date: 1941, June 22

Duration: 4 min 56 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

Heinrich Himmler meets Soviet prisoners as he inspects a concentration camp in Minsk.

A visit to a Camp Near Minsk, Belarus. Head of the Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Himmler visits Minsk and a concentration camp near Minsk. Himmler with group of German officers, including Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Karl Wolff, Otto Bradfisch (Leader of Einsatzkommando 8, Einsatzgruppe B, possibly Hans-Adolf Pruetzmann and Hermann Fegelein. Minsk streets. Himmler greets small line of uniformed men and salutes people on balcony. His car leaves city. Himmler seated in a car, Bach-Zelewski far right, gestures to local woman wearing kerchief. Himmler and others including Wolff and Bach-Zelewski walk through field of cut wheat, talk to young boy who answers. Himmler looks at front end of Russian farm equipment and walks past houses being built. Car leaves huge compound serving as SS/SD headquarters. Drives through Minsk, views of destruction. Outside town, walks into wire enclosed compound, met by German officers. Walks along wire on other side of which are many Soviet prisoners, talks to one prisoner and inspects camp, accompanied by Karl Wolff and others.

Location: Minsk Belarus Soviet Union

Date: 1941

Duration: 2 min 27 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

Heinrich Himmler and other German officers visit a camp near Minsk, Belarus.

German leader Heinrich Himmler visits a camp near Minsk. He is accompanied by other German officers. Several men stand on stairs of a building. German officers stand in a line. Heinrich Himmler meets and talks to them. Several men stand on a balcony. Heinrich Himmler waves to them. His car leaves the area. Heinrich Himmler stops the car and talk to people, including a young boy, working in fields. The car moves on a road. Buildings in the background. He arrives at Minsk Ghetto. Wire fencing on the boundaries of the camp. The prisoners sit on the other side of wiring. He tours the camp area.

Location: Minsk Belarus Soviet Union

Date: 1941, October

Duration: 2 min 26 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: None