Eisenhower & Patton Visit The Nazi Death Camps
While perusing the National Archives I came across this film about the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps by the US at the end of the Second World War. It was at once repulsive and fascinating. It is an in your face look at the ultimate horror. We get A view of the aftermath of large scale mechanized slaughter of countless numbers of innocent people, and the shattered survivors. Below is a breakdown of what the film contains
Anyway it is an important film but not for those who are offended by the showing of graphic images. If you are DON'T WATCH!
R.1: Army Lt. Col. George C. Stevens, Navy Lt. E. Ray Kellogg and U.S. Chief of Counsel Robert H. Jackson read exhibited affidavits which attest to authenticity of scenes in film. Map of Europe shows locations of concentration camps in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovokia, Danzing, Denmark, France, Germany, Isle of Jersey, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland and Yugoslavia. At Leipsig Concentration Camp, there are piles of dead bodies, and many living Russian, Czechoslovakian, Polish and French prisoners. At Penig Concentration Camp, Hungarian women and others display wounds. Doctors treat patients and U.S. Red Cross workers move them to German Air Force hospital where their former captors are forced to care for them.
R.2: At Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, inspection team composed of Allied military leaders, members of U.S. Congress and local townspeople tours camp. Among them are Generals Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Headquaters Allied Expeditionary Forces commander; Omar Nelson Bradley; and George S. Patton. General Eisenhower speaks with Congressmen. They see bodies heaped on grill at crematorium and Polish, Czechoslovakian, Russian, Belgian, German Jews and German political prisoners. Col. Heyden Sears, Combat Command A, 4th Armored Division commander, forces local townspeople to tour camp. U.S. officers arrive at Hadamar Concentration Camp, where Polish, Russian and German political and religious dissidents were murdered. Maj. Herman Boelke of U.S. War Crimes Investigation Team (WCIT) examines survivors. Bodies are exhumed from mass graves for examination, identification and burial. Four-man panel interviews facility director Dr. Waldman and chief male nurse Karl Wille.
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R.3:At Breendonck Concentration Camp, Belgium, methods of torture are demonstrated. At Harlan Concentration Camp near Hannover, U.S. Red Cross aides Polish survivors. Allied troops and able-bodied survivors bury dead. At Arnstadt Concentration Camp, German villagers are forced to exhume Polish and Russian bodies from mass graves.
R.4: At Nordhausen Concentration Camp, there are piles of bodies. Troops treat, feed and remove survivors who are mainly Polish, Russian and French. At Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Navy Lt. Jack H. Taylor stands with fellow survivors and describes his capture, imprisonment and conditions at Mauthausen. Volunteers bathe victims.
R.5: At Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Army trucks arrive with aid for survivors. Piles of dead, mutilated and emaciated bodies. Some survivors among dead. Huge ovens and piles of bone ash on floor of crematorium. Civilians from nearby Weimar are forced to tour camp. They see exhibits of lampshades made of human skin, and two shrunken heads. R.6: British commander of Royal Artillery describes conditions at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp. German Army Schutzstaffel (SS) troops are forced to bury dead and aid survivors. Woman doctor, former prisoner, describes conditions in female section of camp. Belson commander Kramer is taken into custody. German guards bury dead. Bulldozer pushes piles of bodies into mass graves.
Producer: National Archives
Creative Commons license: CC0 1.0 Universal
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 43452, LI 238.2 - NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series:
Producer: National Archives and Records Administration
Language: English
Keywords: archives.gov; public.resource.org
Creative Commons license: CC0 1.0 Universal
Cap2 ARNSTADT
Buenas mis estimados adictos a Bach.
Good my dear Bach addicts.
En este segundo capítulo continuamos con el viaje, visitando el pueblo donde vivió con su hermano, tras la muerte de sus padres. Y conoceremos detalles de sus primeros trabajos...y de su boda!!!
RUMBO a BACH un viaje de dos semanas que he realizado en autocaravana , visitando los sitios donde vivió y trabajó Johann Sebastián Bach.
Serán 5 capítulos donde compartiré con todos los bachianos, los sitios que he visitado; reseñas históricas, anécdotas, consejos, tips, etc y un montón de datos y música para saciar vuestro mono.
Para completar la experiencia y la documentación, podéis consultar el mapa que he realizado donde geolocalizo la ubicación exacta de todos los lugares relevantes en la vida de Bach (incluso los trabajos en inspecciones de órganos).
Capítulo 1:
Gracias por acompañarme!!.
Puedes escucharme en mi podcast:
(Los subtítulos están sincronizados y realizados manualmente, aunque la traducción es automática. Disculparme si existen errores.)
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Good my dear Bach addicts.
In this second chapter we continue the journey, visiting the town where he lived with his brother, after the death of his parents. And we will know details of his first works ... and his wedding !!!
RUMBO a BACH a trip of two weeks that I realized in camper, visiting the places where Johann Sebastian Bach lived and worked.
There will be 5 chapters where I will share with all the Bachians, the places I have visited; Historical reviews, anecdotes, tips, etc and a lot of data and music to satisfy your monkey.
To complete the experience and documentation, you can consult the map that I have made where I geolocated the exact location of all relevant places in Bach's life (including work on organ inspections).
Chapter 1:
Thanks for joining me!!.
You can listen to me on my podcast:
(Subtitles are synchronized and performed manually, although the translation is automatic. Apologies for errors.)