United States Army cameraman views of the city of Leipzig in Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Ruins of buildings destroyed during bombardment and artillery firing during the war. Scattered wastes of demolished buildings, bricks and dust in stack block the roads. A woman walks from nearby a ruined building. Pedestrians walking amid rubble. Elevator of a building stands even after rest of building is demolished.
Germany after Allied military forces takeover at close of World War II. Bomb damaged buildings in Leipzig in Germany. Ruins of buildings with walls shattered, windows burnt by bombing. Demolition charges go off in buildings and smoke rises from various buildings of the street. Demolition charge goes off with a puff of dust and smoke.
Leipzig concentration camp of the Nazi Germans during World War II. Surviving inmates of the camp talk to Allied military soldiers. Dead bodies of prisoners shot by guards. Dead bodies of prisoners burnt alive. Dead bodies of those who managed to escape the burning chamber and were thrown into barb wires carrying current. German civilians carrying Holy Cross and shovels, moving for the burial of the dead by the orders of Allied military commanders. Russian women freed from a camp, watch from outside the camp.
More than 200 political prisoners burnt alive whereas some shot dead or electrocuted as they ran to welcome American troops at Leipzig concentration camp in Germany. The camp comprised of mainly Russian, Czech and Polish prisoners. Dead prisoners near the barbed wires. Russian slave women look at them from across barbed wire fence. (World War II period).
Activity in Germany during World War II. United States soldiers move about with a monumental building in the background. Bombed buildings and a piles of debris. A radar in operation. A soldier looks through binoculars from atop a tower. U.S. Army jeeps parked in front of a building. United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight. Damaged roof of a house.