Overview
- Description
- (Munich 193) Landsberg (Dachau) Hangings, Landsberg, Germany, May 29, 1946. Scenes showing condemned men marching to the gallows and being hung. An officer reading the charges. Capt. Felix Freeman discussing hangings with Swiss newspaperman, Karl S. Wick. Some of the condemned men making statements. Civilian workmen fastening coffin tops. Condemned men are hung. 04:22:21 Former Dachau commandant, Martin Gottfried Weiss, is hung.
- Duration
- 00:07:51
- Date
-
Event:
1946 May 29
- Locale
-
Landsberg,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: Singleton
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 04:17:35:00 to 04:25:26:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2361 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2361 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.
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.
- Note
- Coverage of the military hangings of Becher, Lippman, Temple, Hintermeyer, Knoll, Eichelsdorfer, Boettger, Kick, Weiss, and Wagner are found in 111 ADC 6007 - RG-60.2881, Film ID 2361; 111 ADC 6008 - RG-60.2978, Film ID 2381; and 111 ADC 6009 - RG-60.2336, Film ID 896.
Captain Felix Freeman (Friedheim) oversaw the hangings at Landsberg in May 1946 and can be seen clearly in this film footage. He had previously been a political prisoner at Lichtenberg, Ravensbruck, and Dachau, where the SS doctor Fritz Hintermeyer refused to treat him. Dr. Hintermeyer was one of the men he hung in 1946. Capt. Freeman described his experiences during World War II in the attached autobiographical essay. - Copied From
- 35mm DNS; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3060
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 6007 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:07:24
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