The body of Polish Brigadier General Mieczysław Smorawiński is exhumed and identified by Red Cross workers at Katyn during World War II. Men carrying the remains of Smorawiński. Red Cross workers perform an autopsy on Smorawiński’s remains. Forensic experts inspect the neck and head of Katyn massacre victim. Red Cross workers, field chaplains, and European Red Cross committee (Katyn Commission) members are present as the autopsies are performed onsite. Partially exhumed corpses in the Katyn massacre mass grave. A Nazi German official shows exhumed corpses to reporters. Officials inspect the corpses found in mass grave. Nazi German officer showing damage on a victim’s neck to representatives. Katyn Commission officials and reporters inspect Polish identification cards and personal effects found in victims. They take notes of the items. Reporters are shown the pit of the mass grave. Workers unearth a corpse in the mass grave. German soldiers are also present at the Katyn massacre mass crave. Decomposed remains of a Katyn massacre victim. A 72-year-old farmer giving testimony and information about the 1940 Katyn massacre to a field chaplain, investigators, and reporters. Investigators and workers view the exhumed victims on the ground. German field chaplain performs the last rites for the Katyn massacre victims.
Man holds the hand of a body exhumed in Katyn Forest during World War II. Bishop Gregory, an Eastern Orthodox Christian bishop, performs the last rites for the victims of the 1940 Katyn massacre. Relatives of the Polish Katyn massacre victims crying during the ceremony. The Eastern Orthodox bishop and mass attendees perform the sign of the cross. Eastern Orthodox bishop bless the mass grave as relatives watch. Christian bishops and priests of various denominations are also present at the ceremony. Priests and families of victims praying during the last rites ceremony. A bereaved woman sobbing. A Nazi German official lays a wreath in front of the mass grave. Crosses at Katyn Forest. Two women weeping for the Katyn massacre victims.
Pulheim station in Pulheim near Cologne, Germany during World War II. Train station sign reads “Pulheim”. Houses and military vehicles behind Pulheim station. Partially obscured road sign leaning on wooden post on road to Cologne. A German civilian woman carrying a bucket in a village. A wooden mill. Road sign reads “Köln”. A cleared roadblock to Cologne. United States Army soldiers (3rd Division) in Cologne on road and street after their entry into the city.
United States 3rd Army Division soldiers patrol through Bocklemünd on the north-western outskirts of Cologne, Germany in World War II. U.S. Army soldiers enter houses in the city and walk on the streets. Some soldiers run as they cross a street to evade snipers. Some infantry soldiers fire at German snipers. Soldiers forcefully break house doors open. Soldiers leaving house after search. Tanks moving on the street. Infantry soldiers search a village for snipers. Road sign showing the distance to Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Wuppertal, Aachen, Koblenz, and Bonn. A soldier walks past a “Stadtmitte” sign directing to Cologne city center.
United States 3rd Army Division M4 Sherman tanks move towards Cologne city center in Germany during World War II. A tank moves past a destroyed streetcar. Sherman tanks firing while in motion. U.S. Army infantry soldiers follow the tanks. A pair of German soldiers surrender to United States soldiers near Cologne. Soldiers near a bus station. More German soldiers raise their hands as they surrender to Allied forces.
United States 3rd Army Division M4 Sherman tanks and M26 Pershing tanks move forward through streetcar roadblock in Cologne, Germany during World War II. The tanks carefully cross under a bridge. An “Achtung” (“Danger” in German) sign hangs above the road. An armored M4 tank bulldozer tows a destroyed Line 3 Cologne Stadtbahn tram streetcar. U.S. Army soldiers carry a steel beam to clear road. A tank can move forward. More tanks emerge from heavy smoke and road after the road is cleared of destroyed streetcars.
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