Germans Surrender; PoWs Freed; War Atrocities

Germans Surrender; PoWs Freed; War Atrocities ‘Germans Surrender In Italy’ VS 5th and 8th Army units w/ tanks arrive in Bologna, cheered by Italians; Gen. Mark Clark w/ Field Marshal Alexander into Jeep. US, Russian and British officers receive official German surrender from representatives of Gen. von Wiekenkof ? and SS Gen. Woolf at Caserta, 29Apr45; signed by Lt. Gen Morgan. 06:02:30 ‘Prisoners Return To Homeland’ French PoWs swamp Jeep at gates of liberated German prison camp; PoWs rush across bridge through ruined town on journey home to France; French civilians held as slave labour in Germany return home; ship carrying 2000 prisoners from camps in Poland arrives at Marseille; liberated PoWs arrive in France on US planes, some undernourished and in striped prison uniforms; women at train station, men off train, greeted by loved ones. 06:04:30 ‘Concentration Camp Visited By Congressmen’ Delegation of US Congressmen tour Buchenwald, view bodies piled on ground and in truck. Barn at Gardelegen in which retreating SS guards burned alive over 1000 prisoners; VS charred corpses piled inside and corpses of those who were shot trying to dig their way out. Atrocity. German civilians forced to dig up mass graves near Nuremberg. Horrific. 06:06:20 ‘The Link-Up’ AVs bombers over Berchtesgaden / Obersalzberg; bombs dropped on Hitler’s Berghof chalet and SS barracks nearby. Joseph Goebbels’ brother Hans questioned following arrest; Gen. Detmar surrenders at Magdeburg. German spy executed by 7th Army firing squad. Hundreds of German PoWs in Kalba ? led to captivity watched by civilians and children. Allies pass through Dillingen; US 2-star general poses for Russian cameraman at Torgau. US 69th Infantry w/ Gen. Reinhardt meets Russian allies at the Elbe; US and Russian troops pose for camera, dance w/ Russian WAC and female US war correspondent. Good. WWII. War crimes / criminals.