The Buchenwald concentration camp of the Nazis. Red Cross trucks and relief from Switzerland reaches the concentration camp. Amongst the 2000 survivors of this camp, almost a 1000 are boys of age, fourteen or less. The weak, starved and tortured inmates from various European countries, at the camp. Old men and children at the camp with starved and leaned bodies. Stacks of dead bodies at crematory, in a truck, at the experimental building have prisoner number and nationality tattooed on their stomach. A weapon used for torturing. Crematory ovens at with the nameplate of its manufacturer 'JA Topfe and Sohne.'. The bones and remains of dead inside the ovens. (World War II period).
The Buchenwald concentration camp of Nazi Germany shortly after its liberation in World War II. 1200 civilians of a town Weimar, nearby the camp, being sent on a forced tour of the camp. A group of smiling civilians, men and women walk towards the camp. Civilians enter the camp and see the display of articles made of human skin. Lampshades, paintings and display of human bones serve as evidence of atrocities committed against camp victims. Human heads shrunk to one fifth of their normal size. Women faint and are carried out. Civilians visit the ill-conditions of prisoners at surviving sections of the camp. Truckloads of dead bodies of victims of this camp.
The Dachau concentration camp of the Nazis after World War II. Local town's people brought to witness the atrocities at the camp. Weeping women rush out of a compound after seeing the dead. Clothes of the victims who died in a gas chamber. The gas chamber camouflaged as a shower bath written 'Brausebad' (Shower-bath). The outlet pipes for carrying gases inside the chamber, push button and valve controls to maintain the gas. A box of cyanide powder used to mix with the gas. Crematory where the dead from the gas chambers were taken. Inside a crematory oven burnt skulls, bones and parts of human bodies. Emaciated , starved prisoners of the camp, all without any clothes, too weak to stand or walk.
Victims of Nazi German atrocities found in Italy after World War II. Dead bodies of 320 Italians shot in head with hands tied behind, at the Ardentine Caves. Dead bodies lying in a muddy tunnel taken out by guards. Roman Catholic priests performing burial ritual of a dead, unties hands of a dead man. Priests and relatives present at the last rites of the dead. Woman cries at the death of her relative.
Victims of Nazi atrocities in France during World War II. Burial ceremony of 27 FFI men (French Forces of Interior) massacred by retreating German soldiers. Horse carts carry wreaths on caskets of the dead during the burial procession in Paris. Men and women weep during the burial ceremony. Priest and other people pay homage to the dead.
Views of Nazi facilities that had been used by the Gestapo to torture and kill prisoners during the German occupation of Paris, France, in World War 2. A long low tunnel is seen (that had been a rifle range for the Ministry of Aviation). French soldiers and Partisans examine wooden stakes and hand prints of victims on the walls. Closeup of the uniformed French officers examining the wooden stakes where prisoners were executed by firing squads. Numerous bullet holes and damage is evident in the stakes. A blindfold and rosary are found on one stake. In another area, the officers examine wooden coffins ready for use. In the courtyard, a large excavation is shown where numerous bodies were dug up. Wooden boxes are seen that contained bodies.
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