The Dachau concentration camp in Germany during World War II. A sign reads 'Stadt Dachau'. M-24 tanks and vehicles of U.S. 20th Armored Division followed by infantrymen on foot enter the city. Released Russian prisoners, civilians and soldiers rush to greet U.S. soldiers. German prisoners march along a street followed by U.S. MPs (Military Policemen) in a jeep. A Russian soldiers speak with two U.S. soldiers. A large group of slave laborers in the courtyard of the concentration camp.
Excerpts from 24 August, 1945 (World War II) military commission tribunal in Dachau. Swearing in of translator and charges read against Franz Strasser for: "Violation of the Laws and Usages of War. In that on or about 9 December 1944, FRANZ STRASSER, Kreisleiter of Kreis Kaplitz, an Austrian National, did at or near Kaplitz, Czechoslovakia, wrongfully and unlawfully kill an American airman, whose name, rank and serial number are unknown, [by shooting him with a machine pistol]. Strasser replies with a plea of not guilty. Next scene shows entry of German civilian truck driver, Josef Pusch, who is sworn in and provides testimony about the incident. Pusch describes the events of the shooting of the American prisoners by Strasser. United States flag and judges on raised platform. U.S. officials, defendants and civilians in the court room. Shows hearing as it begins. The Nazi commandant seated with other officials. The German civilian is questioned by an interpreter. German civilian Pusch identifies Strasser. Pusch gives his account to the tribunal about the shooting of the American flyers.
The Feldherrnhalle (Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany) in Munich, Germany shortly after end of World War II in Europe. Statues of emperors and warriors. White lettering in German, on side of the building saying 'Concentration Camp Dachau - Belsen - Buchenwald. I am ashamed that I am a German.' Nazi swastika symbol and a statue in front of a building destroyed by Allied bombers. Adolf Hitler's original Brown House (NS-Dokumentationszentrum München, Max-Mannheimer-Platz 1, 80333 München, Germany) in ruins from bombing of the Allied bombers. Damage done nearby Odeonsplatz (Odeonspl. 1, 80539 München, Germany). Women on bicycles pass by the Feldherrnhalle.
Liberated prisoners during a ceremony at Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. Freed prisoners, dignitaries and civilians during the ceremony. Prisoners hold flags, banners and a sketch of a dignitary. Women hold flags of their own countries. Prisoner sits on the roof of a house. American officer on stage holds the American flag. Prisoners stand with flags of America, Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia and other allied flags. Civilians, dignitaries and prisoners stand at the back. Prisoners standing and sitting on the roof watch the ceremony. An American officer on a stage holds flag of America. (World War II period).
Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II. Aerial view of Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. People walking and buildings on each side. An entrance gate with the Nazi symbol on it. Rescued Polish, Russians, German Jews and political survivors at the camp. Men huddled together with blankets. Dead prisoners of war in a room. Faces of dead, mutilated and emaciated bodies. Survivors being evacuated for medical treatment. Fellow prisoners remove dead bodies. Civilians take a look at the dead bodies. German women walk out crying.
Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II. Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. Clothes of prisoners of war who had been put in gas chambers. Gas chambers inside the shower baths. Intake and outlet pipe, switch buttons, and hand valve to regulate pressure. A tin of senate powder. Mutilated and burnt bodies inside the hot ovens. Emaciated bodies of survivors.
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