Bomb littered streets in Nuremberg, Germany. Sign 'Nurnberg' with letter 'b' missing due bomb damage. Street littered with bomb damage. Bomb damaged buildings. Two United States soldiers stand around on littered street. German village nestled near edge of a river. German village in the valley. Interiors of U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft in flight shows pilot.
Survivors and emaciated bodies of prisoners at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Weimar, Germany immediately after World War II. Prison gate with sign "Jedem das seine" (To Each His Own) integrated on the iron gate. A Swiss Red Cross truck arrives at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp with aid for survivors. The survivors line up at the prison after their liberation. Allied soldiers stand around. Nationality and prison number tattooed on the stomach of inmates. Piles of dead, mutilated and emaciated bodies. Some survivors among the dead. Mutilated faces of the survivors at the camp. A truck loaded with piles of emaciated dead bodies outside a crematorium. Allied soldier show a weapon used by SS (Schutzstaffel) soldiers. Ovens inside and piles of bone ash on the floor of the crematorium.
Damaged buildings of Berlin, Germany during World War II. Ruins of Hotel Kaiserhof, the Reichstag and Adolf Hitler's Chancellery. Men find a Nazi uniform buried in the rubble. A young man standing on debris imitates Adolf Hitler. The young man does an impressive Hitler parody.
Youth cadets from the Royal Hungarian High School march into a U.S. 11th Armored Division Prisoner of War enclosure at Freyung, Germany, during final days of World War 2, in Europe. Several takes of the young boy students, with packs and in soldier uniforms, marching through a gateway into the enclosure, as U.S. soldiers watch them. U.S. Army translator talks in German with the boy soldier leading the group.
American soldiers interviewing prisoners at the U.S. 11th Armored Division Prisoner of War enclosure in Freyung, Germany near the end of World War 2. An American Army Sergeant questions a young man with help of another Sergeant, interpreter, who speaks to him in German. The boy identifies himself as being Hungarian from the Royal Hungarian High School. The boy tells them he learned marching drill, but had no weapons training. He had been enrolled four years, and had never been engaged in combat with Americans. He states his age as 14 years. Scene shifts to another interview with a younger boy soldier. The interpreter asks if he speaks German. The boy says no, he is Hungarian. Nevertheless, with some difficulty, they determine that he too is from the Hungarian military school. When asked about his military training, the boy answers by demonstrating, standing at attention, saluting, and simple close order drill actions. They determine that he is in the third year of school. The film director calls for a cut at this point. They resume asking if he ever fought against Americans. He has difficulty understanding but eventually says no. The boy is 12 years old.
U.S. First Army troops advance in Cologne, Germany during World War II. View of Cologne Cathedral still standing. Sherman tanks tow away street cars used to block roads. M-26 Pershing tanks roll through streets of Cologne. City almost destroyed by bombing. U.S. Soldiers walk through streets and fire machine guns from behind piles of rubble. Heaps of debris on streets. A German car is struck by a collapsing building. U.S. troops shoot at German soldier walking across street. Sherman tank firing from a park square. Close range view of a German Panzer tank, filmed by combat cameraman Jim Bates, as it is is hit by fire from an US Army M-26 Pershing tank (gunner Corporal Clarence Smoyer) and the German crew jumps out. The tank goes up in flames. Wounded German soldier lying on ground. Two American officers shake hands, standing on an abandoned German Panther (Panzer) tank, in front of the Great Dome Cathedral, which was deliberately spared by U.S. bombers. Many German prisoners of war. Hohenzollern Bridge, destroyed by retreating German forces. A road sign reads: "Welcome to Koln, courtesy of the Spearhead Division." German residents stream back into the wrecked city. An older German civilian man sits on his luggage next to a damaged train track. Damaged street car on rubble-filled street. Views of the Cologne Cathedral, standing in the midst of destroyed city.
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