Scene in Germany during period of starvation hunger following World War 1. German children stand in a queue to receive their daily food rations at a feeding center established by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), in a large German Grammar School. The program was known in Germany as "Quäkerspeisung". Three women serve food to the needy German girls and boys during difficult economic times in post-war Germany. Four hungry boys seen eating their food and sitting together on a bench. An undernourished and permanently disabled boy holds up his admission card. He attempts to walk but must be carried by his friend as his rachitis (rickets) has caused him permanent disability.
Changes in Germany's western border from 800 A.D to 1936 A.D. An animated map of Germany shows the course of major river systems in Europe including theRhine, the Elbe, the Seine, Schelde, Maas and the Loire. Lake Constance. Various empires in Germany and the changes in their boundaries with the passage of time. Ludwig Burg empire and its changing boundaries in 870 A.D and 879 A.D. Weftfrankifches empire and the Oftfrankifches empire.
Changes in Germany's western border from 800 A.D to 1936 A.D. An animated map of Germany shows the course of major river systems in Germany like Rhine, the Elbe, the Seine, Schelde, Maas and the Loire. Ancient German empires and the area covered by these empires. Oft and Weft empire.
Activities at a huge nighttime rally in Germany. Swastikas of the Nazi party are everywhere. Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess walk down a long aisle with cheering Nazis on both sides. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler along with his party members as he arrives. At the stage, Hess goes to the microphone and says simply: the Fuhrer speaks, and sits down. Hitler comes to the microphone and stands silent. Then he announces the end of something to which the audience responds with cheers. He then harangues the audience and speaks emphatically, forcefully, and with in an animated fashion. Seen during his speech are: Joseph Goebbels; Ernst Rohm; and Hermann Goering. People cheer. Hess comes to the microphone again and declares something to the effect that Hitler is Germany and Germany is Hitler.
Displaced civilians and prisoners of war in Germany near end of World War 2. Displaced persons get off the trucks at a German non-com school in Bergzabern, Germany where they will be housed. People stand in a line. Refugees prepare their meal over an open stove. Displaced persons receive food at Red Cross portable kitchen. 2200 American prisoners of war after being liberated from stalag 9-B in Breslau, Germany. Prisoners being addressed by an American officer at the camp area. A soldier with a tin stands in a line. A soldier with a chunk of bread. Released prisoners receive coffee in mugs and they drink it. Medics carry a man on a litter out of a building. Soldiers receive cigarettes and rations.
Eminent prisoners held in Nazi German prison camps in Germany are seen being released after the Allied victory during World War II. Snow covered Alps in Germany. A villa in the mountains. Eminent prisoners released from German camps include wife of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, the Baroness Schuschnigg, industrialist Fritz Thyssen, Prince Leopold of Prussia, German General Franz Halder, Anti-Nazi Pastor Martin Niemöller, Allied pilots, Lieutenant John Winant (son of American Ambassador to England), Lord George Lascelles, the nephew of King George VI, John Alexander Elphinstone, Michael Alexander, and Max de Hamel, cousin of Winston Churchill. Scene changes to Magdeburg, Germany where German General Kurt Dittmar,a Nazi radio broadcaster (Official Military Commentator of the German Armed Forces), together with his son, young soldier Berend Dittmar, surrenders to American soldiers of the U.S. Army 117th Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, on April 25, 1945.
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