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Germans surrender, infantry mop-up around Leipzig; Gardelegen barn atrocity

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.73.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4510 | Film ID: 2820

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    Germans surrender, infantry mop-up around Leipzig; Gardelegen barn atrocity

    Overview

    Description
    (B 1138) Leipzig, Germany, 04/23/1945 Slate reads "Roll 1 Madru." U.S. infantry mop-up around Leipzig. German children run down a street. A wounded German boy receives help from an American medic. Wounded American soldier. Sherman tanks roll through the streets. US soldiers on the street, filmed from the tank. American troops fire from behind the cover of tanks.

    01:22:03 German civilians wave white handkerchiefs in surrender. CU of smiling Germans. More street fighting, civilians waving white flags. A crowd of civilians waving white flags. 01:26:08 CU of crouching American soldier and captured German.

    01:26:16 (B 1147) German civilians, under orders from American forces, dig graves to bury victims of the Gardelegen barn atrocity. Rows of bodies are visible in the foreground while Germans dig in the background. Panning shot of the rows of corpses. Corpses laid out by the side of the barn. Civilians in the trench, burying the dead. Panning shots of several rows of graves and Germans digging. 01:28:30 Victims of the atrocity still in and around the barn. A group of American soldiers looks at a pile of charred corpses. CUs of dead men in striped uniforms. Scene shot through the doors of the barn: corpses in the foreground and Germans visible on the other side of the building. Shots of the charred brick building. American soldiers somberly regard the corpses.

    Note: Over 1,000 concentration camp prisoners evacuated from a sub-camp of Dora-Mittelbau were burned or shot to death by the SS in a barn on the outskirts of Gardelegen, Germany.
    Duration
    00:09:35
    Date
    Event:  1945 April 23
    Locale
    Leipzig, Germany
    Gardelegen, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:21:03:00 to 01:30:38:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2820 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2820 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2820 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2820 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2820 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2820 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2820 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2820 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in January 2006.
    Note
    See USHMM Photo Archives database for stills of Gardelegen. The stills are dated April 18, 1945. The atrocity was committed on April 13, 1945.

    USHMM replaced the online streaming video with a file from NARA (digitized Digital Betacam tape) in August 2019.
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    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4807
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 9743
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:07:15
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