Funeral of General Erwin Rommel in Herrlingen, Germany. German swastika banner inside the chapel. Honor guards stand near the coffin of General Rommel. Nazi leaders and relatives of General Rommel sit in the chapel. Field Marshall Karl Von Rundstedt salutes and places wreath over the coffin. Funeral procession with coffin moving through streets. Soldiers on the street sides standing in a line. Civilians in the background salute the coffin. (World War II period).
Civilian refugees in Kemijarvi, Finland during World War II. Horse driven wagons carry household materials. Furniture loaded on the oxen carts and civilians walk by the sides. View of Kemijarvi train station. Train with furniture loaded high on flat cars passes through the valley.
Battle of Grosswardein, precursor to Battle of Debrecen, in World War 2. In late September, 1944, the German 23rd Panzer division was ordered to clear Grosswardein (aka Oradea or Nagyvárad) and environs occupied by Soviet and Romanian forces (who had switched sides a month earlier). In late September, 1944, the German 23rd Panzer division was ordered to clear Grosswardein (aka Oradea or Nagyvárad) and environs occupied by Soviet and Romanian forces (who had switched sides a month earlier). This was prelude to the World War 2 Battle of Debrecen, in October, 1944. Map shows areas of interest and reflects German treatment of Grosswardein and Debrecen as part of Hungary (Northern Transylvania), A German 88mm artillery piece is seen being towed uphill by a SdKfz 6 half-track. Battery of German 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18 cannons being fired from high ground. Their shells striking at edge of wooded area. View of shells being loaded. Chalk writing on one "trotzdem siegen win" or in English "We will win despite all this". German Panther medium tanks move at the head of a column that includes Stug III and other armor. A Stug III camouflaged with tree branches. German armor advancing across and open field. Two tanks parked, and their crew members watching the battlefield. Explosions in the field. German machine gunners firing against Soviet infantry. Romanian soldiers surrendering in a grove of trees, are searched and processed as prisoners of war. German infantry moving through field of corn stalks, along with armored personnel carriers (Schutzenpanzerwagen SdKfz 250/10 Neu). A truck burning in the field, with a field piece attached on a towbar.
Citizen National Guard, known as Volkssturm, being registered, armed, and seen marching in Germany late in World War 2. Registration for young and old in National Guard and Hitler Youth participants. Eager young boys shown in recruitment, and elderly Germany men are seen signing up. New National Guards sign some papers and shake hands with Nazi officials. Hitler Youth registration. Heinrich Himmler gives speech from a platform in a hall in Insterburg, East Prussia. German swastika flags covers war memorials. Large outdoor rally in Annaberg Germany with Nazi leaders, National Guard members, Hitler Youth, and citizens listening to the speech. Large banner hung from buildings in Annaberg. Nazi soldiers and National Guardsmen with guns and weapons including panzerfaust on shoulders march in the streets. Civilians salute as the Soldiers, Volkssturm and Hitler Youth march with German swastika flags.
Nuremberg trials in Nuremberg,Germany. Nazi war leaders sit in the prisoner's dock, their attorneys in the foreground. Voice of Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence of Britain as he reads the Nuremberg Charter. He speaks about war crimes, crimes against peace and humanity executed by Nazi war leaders. Includes views of the accused in the prisoners' dock: Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder. Wilhelm Keftel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg. Albert Speer and Fritz Sauckel sitting behind them. Alfred Jodl, Hans Frank, Franz Von Papen, Wilhelm Frick. Also Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Julius Streicher, Albert Speer, Walter Funk, and Constantin Von Neurath.
Nuremberg trials in Nuremberg Germany. Nazi war leaders Herman Wilhelm Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, Albert Speer, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl, Hans Frank, Franz Von Papen, Wilhelm Funk, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk and Constantin Von Neurath in the prisoner's dock. Voice of Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence of Britain reading the Nuremberg Charter is heard in the background.
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