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Executions

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2942 | Film ID: 2374

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    Executions

    Overview

    Description
    00:10:06 (Paris 502) Execution of Three German Civilians by Hanging, Bruchsal, Germany, January 12, 1946. SEQ: Death sentence is read; condemned man walks to scaffold, is executed by hanging and his body placed in a coffin. (Same sequence for each prisoner.) MS, two Russian officers who were observers, speaking to an American woman correspondent.
    Note: A Military Commission of the Seventh US Army found three German civilians guilty of killing two US Army men who were unarmed and prisoners of war.

    00:15:14 (Paris 497) Execution of Nazi, Bruchsal, Germany, January 10, 1946. LS, gallows as hood is place over condemned man's head, rope placed over hood, and body dropped through trap. MLS, body is removed from beneath gallows and placed in coffin. Party approaching gallows. Condemned man kissing the Bible before mounting the scaffold.
    Note: This man is a former German Army Sgt. Who was tried by the US Seventh Army court at Bruchsal and found guilty of killing an American aviator who bailed out of his plane over Germany.
    Duration
    00:07:14
    Date
    Event:  January 10-12, 1946
    Locale
    Bruchsal, 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
    00:10:06:00 to 00:17:20:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2374 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2374 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
    1" VT; b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 3120
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5724
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:48:41
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