Nazi atrocities filmed by the U.S. Army Signal Corps - Demonstration of Gestapo Methods: Former prisoners demonstrate Nazi atrocities at Breendonck prison in Belgium, a small "Auffangslager" or "waiting camp", to which Belgian Jews and political prisoners were sent before their transfer to Germany.
Title card reading "Demonstration of Gestapo Methods." LS of old fort/prison, shot from tower across river. LSs/GV prison buildings made of fortified concrete. CU sign in German saying "Entry Forbidden". GV stack of empty coffins. MLS/MS/MCU Demonstration of how victims were tied up for beatings.
MS/CU barbed wire covered stick used in beatings. MCU demonstration of how bared wire stick was racked back & forth across bare backs of prisoners. MS/MCU demonstration of rope methods used in torturing inmates. CU man tapping thick stick on his palm as if waiting to beat the prisoner. Low ang MCU one man grips the hair of the bound man (prisoner) while another pretends to beat him.
MS/CUs man bound w/chains in torture demonstration of how a tourniquet used to press chains into flesh. MS/CUs demonstration of how thumbscrew torture device was used.
MS torture victim seated on chair removing bandage from leg. CU scars on man s leg caused by repeated beatings. MCU man seated on chair, pan down to show scars on his leg. CU scars on leg. MS man standing patting his leg. CU man in boxers showing burn scars on his inner thigh. MS/CUs man showing how his hips were pulled out by torturers. MS/CU woman showing scars on her buttocks.