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U.S. troops occupy the Town of Linz, Austria, at the end of World War II, in Europe.

End of World War II in Europe. German prisoners are held under guard at the base of a statue in Town Square of Linz, Upper Austria. American M4 Sherman tanks loaded with soldiers cross the "Niebelungen" Bridge as they enter the town.

Location: Linz Austria

Date: 1945, May

Duration: 1 min 35 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Rescued inmates talks about their experiences at concentration camp # 3 in Linz, Austria towards the end of World War II.

Rescued inmates of the concentration camp # 3 talk about their experiences in Linz, Austria towards the end of World War II. The rescued assembled outside a wooden house. Those who were inside the house look outside through a window. The inmates are emaciated. An Italian talks about the adverse living conditions they faced at the concentration camp. He states that they had very little food, they slept 3 or 4 to a bed and there was no way to wash. He said he was also at Mauthausen for a time before being transferred. In total he had been in concentration camps for 8 months and considered himself very lucky to have lived. He said that in Linz there were 50 men in his quarters and each day 3 to 4 men died. He tells how he worked in a forced labor factory in Linz building tanks for the Germans, working 12 hours a day as a welder.

Location: Linz Austria

Date: 1945, May 7

Duration: 1 min 22 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: English

Inmates at concentration camp #3 in Linz, Austria discuss their experiences while held prisoners by the Germans in World War 2

Near the end of World War II, three freed inmates at a German concentration camp in Linz Austria (camp #3) discuss their treatment while at the camp. They speak in English but with varying accents including French. They speak in an open yard of the camp, with barracks in the background. The former inmates talk about lethal injections, cold baths, whippings, hangings, and extermination camps. They also talk about the joy when the camp was liberated by the Americans, which was preceded by the Americans bombing the Nazi forces in the area. They mention that the bombing cut off the water to the camp so the SS forces could no longer subject inmates to the cold baths. They discuss hangings of three prisoners from a scaffold in the yard behind them, and how all the camp inmates were assembled and forced to look at the hung inmates. One of the freed inmates talking is named Alex. They discuss how the jews in the camp had been rounded up and locked in a room with no food. They were in the room two days before being saved by the Americans. They also talk about the camp at Mauthausen where prisoners were subjected to hard labor, torture with heavy rocks, and executed by the SS after 5 days. Also they speak of inmates put in chains and dogs used at Mauthausen.

Location: Linz Austria

Date: 1945, May 7

Duration: 2 min 50 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: English

Hungarian Lieutenant General Vitéz Kassai Farkas László talks to a US Army officer in Linz, Austria near end of World War II.

A Hungarian Lt. General, Vitéz Kassai Farkas László, accompanied by his staff, talks to an officer of the US Army in Linz, Austria towards the end of World War II. An American officer orders his sergeant (interpreter) to ask the Hungarian General for his correct name and rank. The sergeant translates the officer's question into Hungarian . He answers with his name, Vitéz Kassai Farkas László, and rank: Lieutenant General. The officer asks him more questions about his men and about the Nazis. The sergeant translates the questions and their responses for both men. The General smokes a cigarette. The sergeant also smokes a cigarette. The officer states that the American Army will not take the General's men prisoner, and will help them to return back to their country. The General stands on the bonnet of a jeep for a thanks giving speech. He thanks the US Army for their humane treatment. His men also join him and cheer the news from their General about the Americans' statement.

Location: Linz Austria

Date: 1945, May 7

Duration: 5 min 9 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: Hungarian

German prisoners of war being assembled in Linz, Austria, near end of World War II in Europe.

German prisoners of war arrive at square (Hauptplatz) in Linz, Austria during last few days of World War II, in Europe. Trucks bring more prisoners into the town.. The prisoners climb off the trucks and stand in the town square. Trucks loaded with prisoners drive past on a road in the foreground. The prisoners unload from the trucks.

Location: Linz Austria

Date: 1945, May 4

Duration: 2 min 39 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

German prisoners march over the Nibelungen bridge and through streets in Linz, Austria, at end of World War II.

German prisoners of war march in Austria at the end of World War 2, in Europe. They march in loose formation in the roadway, over the Nibelungen bridge, in Linz. Several women bring up the rear of the formation. Some German civilians are seen, carrying belongings, going the opposite direction, on a sidewalk on the other side of the bridge. The river Donau is in the background. The formation of surrendering German soldiers turns at end of the bridge and proceeds through the town. A convoy of trucks in the background. American soldiers follow the formation and others are seen along their path. Civilians watch as they pass.

Location: Linz Austria

Date: 1945, May 6

Duration: 1 min 56 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None