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Landsberg Hangings

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2970 | Film ID: 2380

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    Landsberg Hangings

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    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
    Event:  1946 May 28
    Locale
    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

    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 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
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:48:51
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