Nazi War Crimes : Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Nazi War Crimes : Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Nazi atrocities filmed by the U.S. Army Signal Corps - Buchenwald Concentration Camp where 20,000 survivors were liberated by American troops in April 1945.
Nazi War Crimes : Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Title card reading "Buchenwald Concentration Camp." GV front gate of camp w/tank, jeep and soldiers out front. Elevated LS of camp showing rows of small barracks, with people walking around. MCU iron gate closing, gate reads "Jedem Das Sein" ( trans. 'to each his own' or "You get what you deserve.") MS Red Cross jeep and bus driving toward camera.
Nazi War Crimes : Buchenwald Concentration Camp
LS/MS large group of young boys being moved out of camp. MS adult male survivors/prisoners. GV prisoners standing at entrance to barracks. MS body of dead prisoner on the ground, pan up to men standing around. MS/CU number tattoo on stomach of dead inmate. MCU pan bodies of two dead inmates w/numbers tattooed on stomachs.
Nazi War Crimes : Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Several GV/CU/MSs of male prisoners from the elderly to the very young. MCU inmate seated against an exterior wall eating a bit of bread, pan from his emaciated legs to his head. MCU malnourished man seated against an exterior wall shirtless.
Nazi War Crimes : Buchenwald Concentration Camp
MS young men/boys standing behind barbed wire fence. MCU pan legs of the malnourished boys. MS/MCU emaciated man. Several graphic MS/CUs of corpses stacked on top of each other.
Nazi War Crimes : Buchenwald Concentration Camp
GV GIs standing near truck loaded w/naked corpses. Gruesome MS/CUs of corpses piled on truck. CU GI holding a mallet-type weapon used by SS guards.
Nazi War Crimes : Buchenwald Concentration Camp
GV exterior crematorium. Interior MS men opening crematorium oven doors. MS oven w/human remains inside. MS as men slide empty stretcher into oven. GV row of ovens w/in the crematorium. CU nameplate of German oven manufacturer. MS oven door being opened, human skeletal remains are seen inside. MS pile of bone-ash removed from the ovens.