Liberation of prisoners from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by British troops (1945.04)

Footage №192925, 1 footage

Scene №1 Liberation of prisoners from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by British troops

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Former guards of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Lower Saxony stand in formation under escort of British soldiers after their arrest on April 23, 1945. Panorama of the faces of the arrested guards.

Arrested guards of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp under escort of British soldiers.

Civilians called as witnesses.

Faces of the arrested guards.

British soldiers lie near an armored car, one of them ill.

The bodies of murdered concentration camp prisoners on the flatbed of a truck before unloading.

Freed female prisoners shout curses at the arrested concentration camp guards.

Former concentration camp guards remove the bodies of murdered prisoners from the flatbed of a truck and carry them to a mass grave for burial.

A view of a ditch filled with the bodies of prisoners.

Former guards, escorted by British soldiers, continue to unload the corpses of prisoners.

Freed women observe the unloading.

A British officer, sitting on the running board of an armored car, speaks into a microphone for the general broadcast, reading aloud.

Camp doctor Fritz Klein stands at the microphone next to a mass grave of concentration camp prisoners, answering questions.

Klein's face is visible.

One of the arrested camp guards answers questions, speaking into the microphone and standing next to the mass grave.

A British officer speaks into the microphone, standing in front of a board with names.

A British soldier speaks into the microphone, with the corpses of prisoners lying behind him.

A panoramic view of part of the concentration camp grounds shows a British Red Cross driver standing by a vehicle, speaking into a microphone mounted on a tripod.

One of the freed female prisoners speaks into the microphone, with freed female prisoners standing behind her.

Calendar:

April 23, 1945

Shooting locations:

Germany

Seasons:

Spring

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