Overview
- Description
- (Munich 191) Hangings at Landsberg, Germany, May 28, 1946. Bodies of hanged men are set in coffins and coffins are stacked in yard. One coffin is labelled "Niedermayer Engelbert". Niedermayer was a crematoria worker at Dachau. Soldier adjusts rope on scaffold. German civilian hangman speaking to American officers. 22:03:28 Klaus (or Claus) Karl Schilling is escorted up the steps of the scaffold. He faces the camera and speaks briefly before he is hanged. Schilling was a physician who deliberately infected inmates with malaria at Dachau. Another man is executed. Otto Moll is executed in the sequence beginning 22:06:09. CU of the name "Dr. Schilling Claus" on coffin. Dark shots of Moll's (?) body being cut down from the gallows and placed in a coffin. A group of US soldiers and officers watching the hangings. One of them holds a camera. They stand at attention as an officer walks by. Another man is lead to the gallows while soldiers watch.
- Duration
- 00:09:43
- Date
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Event:
1946 May 28
- Locale
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Landsberg,
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
- Fair
- Time Code
- 22:00:40:00 to 22:10:23:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2380 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2380 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2380 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2380 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2380 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2380 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2380 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2380 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
- Copied From
- 35mm FGMS; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3151
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5984 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:48:51
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