Officers of the newly formed German police. The policemen under supervision of the Allied Military Government get ready for duties in Cologne, Germany after World War II. The officers of the Military Government Police wear armbands inscribed with words 'MG Police'.
The officers of the newly formed German police under the supervision of the Allied Military Government in Cologne, Germany after World War II. The officers of the Military Government Police get instructions from United States Army Captain. A company of officers stand outside a partially damaged police headquarter building and wear armbands given by the Army Captain. The U.S. Army soldiers talk to each other. The junior soldier distributes armbands inscribed with the words 'MG Police' to the officers.
German General Hermann Foertsch, Commander of German 1st Army, and members of his surrender delegation, examine and markup maps delineating the areas and forces that they will be surrendering to the Allies. The allied contingent, prepared to receive the German surrender details, are seated at a conference table in the Thorak estate, Haar, Germany. Leading the Allied representatives is U.S. General Jacob Loucks Devers. Other American generals seen include, Lt General Alexander M. Patch, and Lieutenant General Wade Haislip.
German Army officers meet with Allied officers including American General Jacob Loucks Devers and General Alexander M. Patch to sign surrender document, at the Thorak estate, in Haar, Germany, during World War II. Lieutenant General Hermann Foertsch, Commanding General of First German Army, heads the German delegation. He enters the conference room followed by other officers. He is shown to the head of the table opposite U.S. General Devers. Each of the German officers accompanying him stands individually to introduce themselves. The German officers sign the surrender documents one after the other. The document of surrender is kept on the table after signing by German officers. Allied officers sign the document.
U.S. Lieutenant General Alexander Patch and U.S.General Jacob Devers outside the Thorak estate, in Haar, Germany, after the signing of German military surrender documents. General Devers, head of the Allied delegation, shakes hands with U.S. Major General John O'Daniel. Devers and Patch then drive away in a staff car. The German military delegation, headed by General Hermann Foertsch, exits the building and enter cars. General Foertsch converses with U.S. Major General O'Daniel. (World War II period).
Dead bodies of emaciated prisoners at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany, after World War II. Dead bodies kept in a line. The emaciated prisoners died after liberation of the camp by Allied forces. Starved and tortured dead bodies. A holy cross in the neck of one of the dead body. More than one corpse kept in an open casket.
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