ID

FBW000564      Newsreel

Country / Year

USA, 1945

Original Title

20th Armored Division. Dachau. Germany [26-Apr-1945]

Produced by

US Army Signal Corps

Staff

Camera: [?]

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 26 Apr 1945: Shooting period

Further Remarks

- Tonsystem: ohne Ton

Abstract

Sign that reads: "Stadt Dachau." Tanks, other vehicles, and infantry entering the city. Released Russians, civilians, and soldiers rushing to greet US soldiers. German prisoners marching through streets. Large group of survivors in courtyard of camp.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; Dachau (Concentration camp); Survivors of the Holocaust

Holdings

- National Archives, Washington, DC; 35mm; 111 ADC 4118; 1. von 2 Filmen, zus. 209,09 m / 7'39"

Materials

- National Archives, Washington, DC; Protokoll

Bibliography

- Gellert, Charles Lawrence: The Holocaust, Israel, and the Jews: Motion Pictures in the National Archives. Washington, DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board / National Archives and Records Administration, 1989