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Aftermath of the liberation of a forced-labor camp in Germany

Hannover, Germany
1945
[Silent, 1:24]

There were three large forced-labor camps in Hannover, a large industrial city in northern Germany. All three of the camps were part of the Neuengamme concentration camp system. In early April 1945, American forces entered Hannover and freed the surviving prisoners. The American Signal Corps filmed one of the Hannover camps soon after liberation. American forces fed survivors of the camp and required German civilians to help bury the dead.

— National Archives - Film


Referenced in the following Holocaust Encyclopedia article(s):

Liberation of Nazi Camps »
Neuengamme »