German test launch of a A-4/V-2 missile, from a wooded site, at the Heidelager testing range near Blizna, Poland. The Missile moves upwards, emitting fire and smoke from its tail, and then heads downrange, with the fire in its tail visible throughout the entire clip.
Dump outside the death chambers and bones on the ground at Maidanek concentration camp in Lublin, Poland (also called KL Lublin or Majdanek). Cremation Ovens and family photos of the victims. Women weep and piles of bones are seen near crematory. Tall chimney of the crematory and gas chamber areas, and burial grounds. A vegetable garden.
A group of people enter the Majdanek concentration camp in Lublin, Poland. Piles of victim's clothing, shoes, gloves, toys, eye glasses, scissors, and other belongings and personal effects confiscated by the Nazi German guards operating the prison.
A monument dedicated to victims of mass killings by Nazi Germans at Majdanek concentration camp in Lublin, Poland during World War 2. A ceremony at the monument as a woman kneels down and prays. Officers salute as large crowd looks on.
German propaganda newsreel shows German officers visiting a church in Kowel Poland, now Kovel Ukraine (possibly the Church of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr in Kovel, dismantled after World War 2). A statue of Jesus Christ and many other Christian Catholic and Russian Orthodox relics and artwork are on display, purportedly saved by German forces of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking under Nazi General Herbert Otto Gille. Several German officers join Herbert Otto Gille in looking at the items on display. Items include a vestment or altar cloth commemorating a 1921 Gymnastic gathering of the Sokol movement in Kowel (reading Kowlu on the fabric), and featuring the Black Madonna or Black Virgin. Other relics including Crowns, candle sticks, goblets, and crucifix. The German officers discuss the relics with the Catholic priests. The officers, including Obergruppenführer Herbert Otto Gille, shake hands with the clergy before departing.
Disassembling and assembling of an A-4, also known as V-2 missile propulsion unit at Heidelager Camp near Blizna in Poland during World War 2. Parts of the missile are towed on a trailer. German rocket technicians from Peenemunde work on the parts of the missile. The trailer moves on rails. Trees in the background.
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