Hanging of a Nazi war criminal in Landsberg, Germany after end of World War 2. . American Military officers stand and converse near the gallows. The condemned man, attended by guards and a priest, comes out of a building. They climb the stairs of the scaffold for hanging. An American Field Grade Officer speaks of charges against the condemned man. Soldiers stand near the gallows and watch the hanging. The hooded, condemned man is dropped through a trap by the executioner, Johann Reichhardt, who wears the traditional German executioners’ attire of black coat, white shirt and, black bow tie and black hat. (Reichardt who is clearly seen standing on the platform, was a principal executioner for the Third Reich. But he was subsequently employed by the Occupation Authorities from November 1945, through May, 1946. to help execute Nazi war criminals at Landsberg am Lech by hanging. He was subsequently arrested in 1947, interned, and tried in a tribunal at Munich, where he was sentenced to strict punishment measures.) A military doctor uses a stethoscope to confirm death of the hanging man.
Nazi atrocities on display: A shrunken human head, shrunken by experiments and tortures of the Nazi Germans, on display in Nuremberg, Germany after World War II. The shrunken head from Buchenwald Concentration Camp is introduced as evidence for war trials. An Allied military officer examines the head closely.
Soldiers of Allied Armed forces inspect the war damaged birth home of Ludwig Von Beethoven in Bonn, Germany. The house was damaged during World War II. Soldiers with weapons stand outside the houses and read the name plates. Other houses near Beethoven's house. Soldiers enter the destroyed house and walk on rubble. Bust of Beethoven in the damaged house.
Soldiers of Allied Armed forces in Bonn, Germany. They inspect the house of Ludwig Von Beethoven which was damaged during World War II. In the backyard the soldiers observe the damage to the house by bombing and battle. Soldiers walk on debris and enter the house. Other houses on roadside near Beethoven's house. Soldiers enter the destroyed house and walk on rubble. Bust of Beethoven in the damaged house.
Military Police in Cologne, Germany after World War II. They do daily exercises instructed by an officer of the United States Army Pedestrian and cyclists civilians on roads near huge buildings. Company of Military Police authorized by military government, arranged in files on roads. The company is inspected and drilled by a U.S. Army officer. Â
Military Police in Cologne, Germany after World War II. Authorized by the military government the policemen do their daily exercises. Civilians with 'Civilian Police' armbands listen to the instruction from a Military Police officer. A Civilian Policeman interrogates a cyclist and checks his identification papers.
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