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A young prisoner from Lithuania at the Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany.

Prisoners at the Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. A young prisoner of the German Concentration Camp. 13 year old boy from Lithuania, imprisoned for 4 years, wearing a prisoner uniform. Prisoner smiles. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055269
German June offensive on the Eastern Front pushes through Lithuania and into Latvia, in World War II

Animated map shows progress of German surprise June offensive on the Eastern Front in World War 2. Having passed through Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania, German forces now move toward Soviet-occupied Dünaburg (Daugavpils) on the banks of the Daugava River,in Latvia. A German Panzer I tank and infantry on bicycles ride into village on the way. Next, infantry take cover as they receive fire from houses in the village. The soldiers advance cautiously and return small arms fire toward the source. A panzer I tank moves along the road with turret turned and guns (unseen) trained to the side. Fires have broken out among wooden structures. A local resident gives directions to several German soldiers. German infantry search house-to-house for belligerents. Local communist sympathizers are rounded up. Closeup of a woman and two men apprehended. A group of Soviet and Latvian communists sit on the ground, where they are being held. A contingent of German soldiers on horseback ford a stream ahead of horsedrawn artillery pieces and caissons. Closeups of wagon wheels as they roll through the water. A field piece (7.5 cm FK 16 nA) is towed behind one wagon. Troops walk single-file across a narrow plank bridge over a stream. Others help lift bicycles up the steep opposite bank. Local people wave to German army troops marching 3 & 4-abreast in relaxed formation. Women throw flowers at soldiers passing in a staff car. Two panzer II light tanks (SdKfz 121 Panzerkampfwagen II) on a dirt road, raise dust as they pass.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047185
Lithuanian villagers present flowers to German troops and Kaunasians wave to passing German vehicles in Kaunas, Lithuania.

German troops at the Eastern Front during World War II . Animated map illustrates Eastern Prussian-Lithuanian border and German troop's movement into Kaunas German troops stand near a field gun. Troops loaded on tanks and march forward. They fire a gun. Smoke arises due to fire. Damaged buildings due to fire. Trucks loaded with troops and as they enter a city. Kaunasians wave to passing German vehicles. A view of the city. Lithuanian villagers present flowers to advancing German troops. A German soldier on a bicycle waves.

Date: 1941
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047137
German troops on a tank as they march forward in Daugavpils, Lithuania during World War II.

German troops at the Eastern Front during World War 2. Animated map illustrates Eastern Prussian-Lithuanian border and German troop's movement into Daugavpils. Troops march forward with their vehicles. Soldiers fire artillery and quickly cross the road. Villagers give flowers and waves to the advancing German troops. A soldier on a tank.

Date: 1941
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047138
Major Walsh, U.S. prosecutor, reads original Nazi letters during the Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany.

Major Walsh, U.S. prosecutor, reads original Nazi letters which tell of the formations of pogroms and other actions against the Jews in Lativa and Lithuania during the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. He talks about complete annihilation of Jews by the SS.

Date: 1945, December 13
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024500
Signing of the German-Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement, by German Friedrich Werner von Schulenberg and Soviet Vyacheslav Molotov.

German diplomat Friedrich Werner von Schulenberg, of Nazi Germany, and Vyacheslav Molotov, of the Soviet Union meet together in Moscow, Russia, to sign the German-Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement. View of the two men and other representatives from each country at the signing ceremony. Narrator indicates that the agreement document covers expanded trade and commerce between the countries, establishes the northern border, and covers repatriation of Germans from republics including Lithuania and Estonia. View of the German and Soviet leaders each signing the document. Wax seals are added and a close-up of the signature page of the agreement is shown. (The Agreement also included the third set of secret protocols of the Hitler-Stalin Act or German-Soviet Treaty of Nonaggression. It followed the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty, which was the second secret protocol. Despite the pact, Germany attacked the Soviet Union 6 months later.) (World War II period).

Date: 1941, January 10
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675075244