Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Kurt Gatner, a former Chief of Prime Minister Schuschingg's body guard from Vienna, Austria. He says that he was arrested in 1938 soon after the occupation of Austria by Germans. He states how he was badly treated at various concentration camps. He talks about the harsh punishments being given at these camps. He thanks the American and other Allied forces for liberating him and many others from the camp. Other internees in the background. (World War II period).
Civilians read news on billboard in Austria, right after end of World War 2. German civilians read newspapers on billboards. "Presse Dienst" written on the billboard in large letters. "OWB" in smaller letters in the middle of the billboard. People walk past billboard. Man reads newspaper.
United States soldiers fight along the Austrian border near Scharnitz Pass in Austria during World War Two. Infantrymen of Companies A,B, and C, 1st Battalion, 409th Regiment, 103rd Division, fire rifles at German positions in wooded hills, across a snow covered field. Soldiers take cover behind trees and fence posts. M4 Sherman tanks, a half track and jeeps support the soldiers, on a well paved road. A soldier fires a machine gun from a jeep. A tank fires its gun at hillside across the snow-covered field. The soldiers look through binoculars. Two surrendering German soldiers run by several American soldiers, one of whom swings a rifle at them and another who kicks at them as they run past. A U.S. tank enters a village, passing a sign that reads ' Scharnitz, Kreis Innsbruck '. U.S. infantrymen enter the village passing between buildings and log fences. The walk past several iron tank obstacles along paths in the village.
End of World War II in Europe. American tanks and military vehicles move past a burning house in Austria. House burns as smoke rises. American troops move across a lush green field.
End of World War II in Europe. A Church on fire in Austria. German soldiers spray water from a hose to extinguish fire. Soldiers fight fire. Men handle hose. Soldiers push a machine and carry hose. Men fill buckets of water from a tank. They throw water from buckets on the building to fight fire.
End of World War II in Europe. Countryside in Austria with American tanks lined up. Supplies loaded onto tanks. A soldier cooks food in an open area.
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