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Men unload food containers from British trucks at a school building in Vienna, Austria.
Food aid for German and Austrian children soon after the end of World War 2 in Europe. British trucks loaded with food containers drive up to a school building in Vienna, Austria. A British truck approaches the school building. A large crowd of civilians gathered on the streets. Men unload the food containers from the trucks. A truck loaded with the food containers drives past through the streets. Trees on either sides of the streets. An open truck filled with bread drives past along a street. A line of school children marches through the streets. Buildings on either sides of the streets.
American soldiers encamped in hills above town of Gramastetten, Austria, at end of World War II.
End of World War II in Europe. American Army troops make camp in hills overlooking Austrian town of Gramastetten. Several U.S. tanks are parked along a ridge. Soldiers clean out the tanks. Several U.S. soldiers pose as they look out at the town. Gramastetten Church (Pfarrkirche Gramastetten, Marktstraße 1, 4201 Gramastetten, Austria) is seen with smoke and buildings on fire in foreground, in market area near the church. The church view is obscured by smoke from the market area fire that drifts in front of the church.
U.S. troops occupy the Town of Linz, Austria, at the end of World War II, in Europe.
End of World War II in Europe. German prisoners of war are held under guard at the base of the Trinity Column in the Town Square of Linz, Austria. American M4 Sherman tanks loaded with U.S. Army soldiers cross the "Niebelungen" Bridge as they enter the town.
Rescued inmates talks about their experiences at concentration camp # 3 in Linz, Austria towards the end of World War II.
Rescued inmates of the concentration camp # 3 talk about their experiences in Linz, Austria towards the end of World War II. The rescued assembled outside a wooden house. Those who were inside the house look outside through a window. The inmates are emaciated. An Italian talks about the adverse living conditions they faced at the concentration camp. He states that they had very little food, they slept 3 or 4 to a bed and there was no way to wash. He said he was also at Mauthausen for a time before being transferred. In total he had been in concentration camps for 8 months and considered himself very lucky to have lived. He said that in Linz there were 50 men in his quarters and each day 3 to 4 men died. He tells how he worked in a forced labor factory in Linz building tanks for the Germans, working 12 hours a day as a welder.
Inmates at concentration camp #3 in Linz, Austria discuss their experiences while held prisoners by the Germans in World War 2
Near the end of World War II, three freed inmates at a German concentration camp in Linz Austria (camp #3) discuss their treatment while at the camp. They speak in English but with varying accents including French. They speak in an open yard of the camp, with barracks in the background. The former inmates talk about lethal injections, cold baths, whippings, hangings, and extermination camps. They also talk about the joy when the camp was liberated by the Americans, which was preceded by the Americans bombing the Nazi forces in the area. They mention that the bombing cut off the water to the camp so the SS forces could no longer subject inmates to the cold baths. They discuss hangings of three prisoners from a scaffold in the yard behind them, and how all the camp inmates were assembled and forced to look at the hung inmates. One of the freed inmates talking is named Alex. They discuss how the jews in the camp had been rounded up and locked in a room with no food. They were in the room two days before being saved by the Americans. They also talk about the camp at Mauthausen where prisoners were subjected to hard labor, torture with heavy rocks, and executed by the SS after 5 days. Also they speak of inmates put in chains and dogs used at Mauthausen.
Hungarian Lieutenant General Vitéz Kassai Farkas László talks to a U.S. Army officer in Linz, Austria (WW2)
Hungarian Lieutenant General Vitéz Kassai Farkas László accompanied by his staff, talks to an officer of the U.S. Army in Linz, Austria towards the end of World War II. An American officer orders his sergeant (interpreter) to ask the Hungarian General for his correct name and rank. The sergeant translates the officer's question into Hungarian . He answers with his name, Vitéz Kassai Farkas László, and rank: Lieutenant General. The officer asks him more questions about his men and about the Nazi Germans. The sergeant translates the questions and their responses for both men. The General smokes a cigarette. The sergeant also smokes a cigarette. The officer states that the American Army will not take the General's men prisoner, and will help them to return back to their country. The General stands on the bonnet of a jeep for a thanks giving speech. He thanks the U.S. Army for their humane treatment. His men also join him and cheer the news from their General about the Americans' statement.
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