In the Katyn forest (1943)

Footage №67862, 1 part, black-white
Availability:Film hasn't been digitized
Director:Fric Hippler /Fritz Hippler/

Reel №1

Germany.

About a mass grave of murdered Polish soldiers and officers in Belarus, committed by security officers. pnrm. area,river, downstream navigation, the shore in the woods.

The village is on the shore.

Road.

Belarus.

In the Katyn forest are excavated mass graves.

In the excavated trench a lot of corpses piled in a heap.

Skulls, the remains of clothing.

Soldiers clean the bodies, carry on a stretcher upstairs.

Open the overcoat and half-rotted corpse.

Documents and wallet.

Documents in Polish, an award list, pictures of loved.

Belarus. a panorama of corpses.

The organization of the red cross examines the corpses.

Heads holes from shots.

German officers, soldiers, invited journalists.

Found documents.

German soldiers look into a pit of corpses.

Local residents cry and pray.

The priest is for the fallen a Requiem.

Belarus.

The grave.

The Polish priest.

Surviving things, photography, spoon, order.

The priest delivers a sermon, sanctifies the grave.

Crosses and wreaths on the graves of the new.

Key words

Germany, river, forest, road, burial
USSR, funeral, soldiers, Les, documents, pictures, war world 2
USSR, funeral, soldiers, press, population, documents, religion, clergy, world war 2
Germany, funeral, cemetery, documents, awards, photos, the clergy, the laying of wreaths

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