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Film, Video [World War II color footage--American troops in Germany link up with Russian troops in Torgau; Dachau concentration camp after liberation] World War 2 color footage--American troops in Germany link up with Russian troops in Torgau; Dachau concentration camp after liberation / World War Two color footage--American troops in Germany link up with Russian troops in Torgau; Dachau concentration camp after liberation / Inventory title: Duben-Dachau

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Title

  • [World War II color footage--American troops in Germany link up with Russian troops in Torgau; Dachau concentration camp after liberation]

Other Title

  • World War 2 color footage--American troops in Germany link up with Russian troops in Torgau; Dachau concentration camp after liberation
  • World War Two color footage--American troops in Germany link up with Russian troops in Torgau; Dachau concentration camp after liberation
  • Inventory title: Duben-Dachau

Summary

  • In early 1945, Stevens and the SPECOU are with U.S. Army troops near Duben and then in Torgau for the link up with Russian troops. At the Dachau concentration camp after liberation, the SPECOU films the corpses of the inmates and German soldiers, the disinfection of the inmates, the identification of German captors by the inmates, everyday activities, and shots of the camp buildings, including the crematorium.

Names

  • Stevens, George, 1904-1975
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. Special Coverage Unit

Created / Published

  • 1945.

Contents

  • American soldiers firing mortars near Duben -- Captured German prisoners, weapons and vehicles -- American soldiers check identification of German prisoners -- United States Army Timber Wolf Division troops drive through a town in jeeps -- SPECOU records the meeting between General Allen and other American officers with Russian officers at Torgau in April 1945 -- At the Dachau concentration camp, frozen corpses in boxcars and on the ground, battered corpses of German soldiers, disinfection of inmates, stacked naked corpses of inmates, stacked corpses of German soldiers, piles of clothing, everyday activities (cooking, cleaning, distributing bread, etc.), shots of camp buildings, including the crematorium, identification of German captors by inmates -- Memorial ceremony held at Dachau includes a Jewish service requested by inmates, led by Captain David Eichhorn, a Jewish Army chaplain, and Rabbi Eli Bohnen -- Stevens and SPECOU members at Berchtesgaden and at Brenner.

Headings

  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau
  • -  Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Dachau
  • -  Dachau (Concentration camp)
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Torgau
  • -  United States.--Army.--Infantry Division, 104th
  • -  Allen, Terry de la Mesa,--1888-1969
  • -  Prisoners of war--Germany
  • -  Memorial rites and ceremonies--Germany--Dachau
  • -  Public worship--Judaism
  • -  Eichhorn, David Max,--1906-1986
  • -  Bohnen, Eli,--1909-1992
  • -  Stevens, George,--1904-1975
  • -  Berchtesgaden (Germany)
  • -  Brenner (Italy)

Genre

  • Unedited footage
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Scenes depicted are not in chronological order.
  • -  During World War II, film director George Stevens was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army Signal Corps. In late 1943, he was directed to organize a Special Coverage Unit (SPECOU) of cameramen and sound recorders to photograph the Americans landing in Europe on D-Day. The unit was embedded with American and Allied troops as they moved through France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany.
  • -  Sources used: Five came back by Mark Harris; "Lt. Col. George C. Stevens, World War II color film" document in M/B/RS acquisition file, ACQ: Stevens, George (Jr.).

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (24 min.) : si., col.

Source Collection

  • Stevens (George, Jr.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019606950

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Stevens, George, and United States Army. Signal Corps. Special Coverage Unit. World War II color footage--American troops in Germany link up with Russian troops in Torgau; Dachau concentration camp after liberation. 1945. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019606950/.

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Stevens, G. & United States Army. Signal Corps. Special Coverage Unit. (1945) World War II color footage--American troops in Germany link up with Russian troops in Torgau; Dachau concentration camp after liberation. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019606950/.

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Stevens, George, and United States Army. Signal Corps. Special Coverage Unit. World War II color footage--American troops in Germany link up with Russian troops in Torgau; Dachau concentration camp after liberation. 1945. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019606950/>.