Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov and British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery review troops in Germany. German troops stand at attention. Georgy Zhukov and Marshal Montgomery review the troops. A photographer takes pictures. Marshal Montgomery awards a medal to Georgy Zhukov. (World War II period)
Scenes following the Battle of Tangermünde in Germany during World War II. Wounded German civilians and soldiers on a landing craft. They cross the Elbe River to the American side. A child on a stretcher with his hands and legs bandaged. Soldiers and attendants get off the landing crafts.
Scenes following the Battle of Tangermünde in Germany during World War II. An aerial view of Tangermunde and its surrounding areas. Derailed railroad trains and railway tracks. Crowds of German civilians and surrendered German soldiers moving westward. German prisoners of war walk on a road.
Scenes after the destruction of the Tangermünde Bridge over the River Elbe in Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Wide view of heavily damaged Tangermunde Bridge. It had been blown-up by German forces a month prior during their retreat toward Berlin. American soldier wearing garrison cap or side cap stands on bridge checking papers of German civilians who are attempting to cross the bridge in advance of incoming Soviet forces (preparing to surrender to American and British allies rather than to Soviet forces). German civilians walk along the damaged bridge. The twisted metal requires that the citizens hold on tightly to their belongings and to small children during the crossing, to avoid falling into the river. A young man holds a young child and belongings as he crosses carefully. Other scenes of men and women holding small children and babies, and luggage and belongings as they cross.
Freed Jews in Germany. Freed Jews seated on ground. Jewish prisoners in groups along railroad tracks. Views of men, women and children in various stages of emaciation. They express a clue to the suffering they endured. (World War II period).
Freed Jews in Germany. United States soldiers distribute food at railroad tracks. The group surrounding the soldiers push forward to receive meager bits of food. Jewish prisoner along railroad tracks. They stretch out their hands for food. Men, women and children in various stages of emaciation. They express a clue to the suffering they endured. Jewish prisoners in groups along railroad tracks. (World War II period).
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