Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Victor Herskovics, a Jewish teacher of German language and history from Prague, Czechoslovakia interviewed at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. He tells how he was badly treated in prisons and concentration camps after the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. (World War II period).
Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Victor Herskovics, a Jewish teacher of German language and history from Czechoslovakia interviewed at Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany. He talks about how he was badly treated in prisons and concentration camps after the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. He states that he is the only person alive from his family. He thanks the American Army for liberating him from the concentration camp in Buchenwald. (World War II period).
Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany after being liberated by Allied forces. Red Cross trucks and jeeps enter the Buchenwald concentration camp. A sign on a jeep reads 'sussie' Internees move out of the camp grounds. Most of the internees are young and wear the striped prison uniform. (World War II period).
Concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany, at liberation in World War II. Victims of the concentration camp who suffered Nazi atrocities. Former inmates sit on the camp grounds. Men appear feeble and starved. Men stand across the barbed wire fence at the camp. Deformed legs of a young boy. Two former prisoners lie down in sun near barbed wire fence. A banner reads 'All Polish greet the fraternal American Army' and American and Polish flags near the banner.
Scenes shortly after liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany. Men open the doors of furnace in the crematorium at the concentration camp. Remains of dead bodies not wholly consumed by fire inside the crematory furnace. Man shows a club used to beat prisoners. Emaciated men lie at the camp. (World War II period).
The end of the Battle for Paris during World War 2. French woman on bicycle ducks under Large white banner reading (in German) "Armistice. Do not shoot." French Resistance taking German prisoners through the streets. Camera pans down burned out hotel building to street below filled with Parisians making their way around burned and shattered vehicles. The French tricolor flag flying above a building. View of Fort de Romainville, and bodies of French executed in its yard. Frenchmen tear down posters of Vichy officials. People ride in truck displaying American flags. Others pose atop a German tank on which they have painted the Free French Cross of Lorraine symbol. French General Leclerc leads elements of his armored division past Liberty statue. Spectators jam every available space along the way. Suddenly smoke appears as shooting breaks out and the parade stops. People in the streets and sidewalks seek cover, while French forces return fire on the German snipers. Soon the scene is partially obscured by the smoke of gunfire. People keep running for cover. Final scenes are entirely celebratory, filled with happy Parisians.
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