Slate at start of sequence says the people came from all parts of Thuringer and the Thuringian Forest, to number 120 thousand in Erfurt . Scene shows massive crowd assembled in open stadium in Erfurt, Germany. Erfurt, where they attend a Nazi rally and hear Adolf Hitler speak. Hitler speaks into a microphone suspended above him. Many Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtroopers line the stadium and stand in formations. The stands are filled with spectators. Hitler exhorts farmers to combine intelligence and hard work to ensure a bright future for Germany.
United States Army troops in Germany during World War II. Dead bodies lying on ground at Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Thuringia, Germany; victims of atrocities by Nazi German forces. American soldiers stand around on a field where dead bodies were cremated.
Dignitaries arrive for the Potsdam Conference at Cecilienhof Palace (Im Neuen Garten, 14469 Potsdam, Germany) in Potsdam, Germany during World War II. The palace building and gardens. Red flowers planted in the shape of a star called the 'Big Red Star' in a garden. Green lawns and a river in the background. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill; United States President Harry S. Truman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin arrive at Cecilienhof Palace. The Big Three seated in chairs in the garden. Photographers take pictures.
Near the end of 2nd World War in Germany, American troops are seen in the Salt Mines at Merkers, Germany. They examine gold bars. Another American soldier opens up a suitcase filled with silver articles. Many suitcases filled with seized and stolen silver articles such as silverware cutlery and silver boxes, confiscated by German Schutzstaffel (SS) troops.
Preparations for World War II war crime trials in Nuremberg, Germany. The chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials Justice Robert H. Jackson with some Allied officials at the Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). Justice Jackson drafts documents for the prosecution of war criminals. He and other representatives draft documents at a round table. Few officials stand behind during the proceedings. The officials sign on various documents before the trial of the war criminals.
U.S. Army 12th Armored Division on the move in Dillingen, Germany during World War II. U.S. soldiers roll 500 pound bombs over the intact Danube River bridge at Dillingen in Bavaria Germany. U.S. medium tanks with soldiers loaded onto it as they cross the bridge at Dillingen.
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