Dachau concentration camp in Germany, after liberation in final days of World War 2. Sign on railroad station building 'Dachau'. Free standing corner post decorated with figures on top, showing three German soldiers in one direction and a German soldier pointing two German musicians in the other direction. One musician has a bass fiddle on his back and carries a folded umbrella. The other carries an accordion. Sign on the entrance to the Concentration Camp: 'Quarantine, Typhus. This concentration camp is off limits to all civil and military personnel. By order of General Patch, CG, Seventh Army'. Christian altars with Mother Mary, a monstrance, and an altar card at the concentration camp. Pile of dead bodies of victims of Nazi atrocities carried in horse carts by German civilians wearing gas masks.
A Nazi concentration camp in Dachau in Germany. Funeral ceremony for victims of the camp. Star of David at a ceremonial site. U.S. Army chaplain (Rabbi) Captain David Max Eichhorn, steps out of a jeep and is greeted by inmates. Male inmates attend funeral services. Inmates in tears. One inmate speaks . Flags behind the ceremonial place.
American and Russian military officials meeting at Torgau Germany at close of World War II in Europe; an event sometimes referred to as East Meets West. Forces of U.S. Major General Emil F. Reinhardt, Commander of the U.S. 69th Infantry Division and Russian officer Major General Rusakov, Commander of the 58th Guard Division meet. Officers stand in front of a building damaged due to bombing. They shake hands and talk to each other.
American and Russian military officials meeting at Torgau, Germany at close of World War II. Officers standing on a huge river-bridge with a map in their hands. Officials read the map and plan their strategies. One Russian officer instructs others.
Aerial views from an airplane flying over the ruins of Braunschweig Germany, right after the end of World War 2, in Europe. Whole city blocks of buildings have been reduced to empty spaces and skeletons of buildings remain elsewhere. At first glance, a large building surrounded by trees seems undamaged, but closer examination shows it roof completely destroyed. However another large building in those woods does appear undamaged. Roadways and some areas appear cleared of debris. Almost all buildings have been destroyed. Aircraft films from higher altitude, showing miles of territory surrounding the city. Closer view at lower altitude shows the scenic river, Oker, bounded by trees and nearby houses with all windows and most roofs gone. At TC: 02:07 the Brunswick Cathedral is seen near the few other relatively undamaged buildings.
Germany, after Allied military forces take over at close of World War II. Destroyed railway marshaling yards in the city of Cologne after bombardment by Allied bombers. Wrecked freight wagons all over the area. Wrecked railroad tracks and equipment. German tank on a wrecked railroad car. Freight cars with names of origin or destination stations written in German saying Stuttgart, Cologne.
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