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Liberation of Ebensee concentration camp: caring for sick survivors; crematorium

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.272.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0798 | Film ID: 513

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    Liberation of Ebensee concentration camp: caring for sick survivors; crematorium
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    Description
    (color) Traun Lake and castle in the town of Ebensee. Local Austrians. Roadside statue of Jesus. Town street scene, men walking, guest-house. CU, baby in carriage. Mountains.

    Good views of Ebensee concentration camp, electrified barbed wire fence, barracks. Men carry large pots of soup. Survivors walk past camera in striped uniforms, one is quite young. CUs, survivors, some with red triangles, eating. Pan, emaciated inmates, some lying on stretchers. American soldiers with the US Air Force and USAF ambulances in the BG. Soldiers (some African-Americans) help the sick on stretchers into ambulances. HAS single chimney smokestack from crematorium building. Group of soldiers converse near military vehicles. Rows of graves, many with Star of David. Young men smoke cigarettes and speak with soldiers, CUs as they demonstrate. Repeat shots of camp environs with men carrying food pails, survivors eating, and the sick on stretchers. Removing folded stretchers from ambulance with Red Cross. Overloaded wagon with furniture. Jesus statue. Man in a barracks window. Boys eat from bowls. Men pick up stones from the ground. "Greek Commission" painted on military car. Mountains. Entrance to camp. Men converse by military vehicles. Scorched camp building. Rows of graves. Caring for the sick. Camp nestled in pine tree groves. Quick shot of words painted on exterior of barracks. Group of survivors pose for a photograph (notice camera and metal flash). More repeat/similar shots. HAS of Ebensee camp behind barbed wire fencing. Man in guard house with a "P" armband.

    (Black and white) Inspection of crematorium. US soldiers show bones and ashes. Empty Zyklon B canisters.
    Duration
    00:15:36
    Date
    Event:  1945 May
    Locale
    Ebensee, Austria
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Arthur L. Zegart
    Biography
    Arthur L. Zegart (1917-1989) was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago. During World War II, he was part of a U.S. Army Air Force combat photography unit. He covered postwar relief and refugee efforts by UNRRA and the JDC in Czechoslovakia and Austria. He became chief of the United Nations film division in the late 1940s. Later, Zegart was involved in the production of 125 documentaries, many of which he wrote and directed for network television. These 16mm films were stored in his basement for years.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Excellent
    Time Code
    11:18:27:00 to 11:34:03:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 513 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - color - PAL
      Master 513 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - color - PAL
      Master 513 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - color - PAL
      Master 513 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - color - PAL
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 513 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 513 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 513 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 513 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    National Center for Jewish Film
    Conditions on Use
    Contact NCJF at pontius@brandeis.edu for permission to reproduce and use this film.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased film excerpts from the National Center for Jewish Film via a transfer at John E. Allen, Inc. in November 1992.
    Note
    It is likely that Arthur Zegart recorded the liberation with color film stock provided by the US Army Air Force. The Ebensee Concentration Camp was part of the Mauthausen network. Slave laborers were worked to death digging tunnels for armaments storage. The camp was liberated by American soldiers on May 8, 1945.

    USHMM paid for original transfer. There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video.
    Copied From
    16mm reversal
    Film Source
    National Center for Jewish Film
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 1136
    Source Archive Number: Zegart untitled 402 Ebensee
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:06:40
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