WWII - 1944, France: Natzweiler - Struthof Concentration Camp; 29th Division Replacement Training
LIB 1085. Slate: 02Dec44 Struthof Concentration Camp. Sgt Olin.
06:29:10 LS valley & mountains beyond, pan across rooftops of barracks buildings. Barbed wire on top of fence, tower at camp entrance, CU electric fence & insulators.
06:30 14 Soldier or ?? removing clay cannisters / urns for ashes. inspecting tub & shower heads. .
06:30:50 Ext barred windows of shower room; door & viewing hole.
06:31:12 LS camp buildings. Chimney of crematorium.
06:31:40 Two-man metal carrying box for ashes (?) on roof.
06:32:00 Int. crematorium w/ furnace chamber.
06:32:23 Table for autopsies (?) next to sink for anatomical specimen collection.
06:32:28 LIB 1086. 02Dec44 Alsdorf, 29th Div Replacement Training Center. Instructor talking to soldiers.
Running w/ rifles on open field course, advance in attack formation, over fence & up ravine w/ bayonets.
06:34:41 Slate. Soldiers marching thru town on wet brick streets.
06:35:10 CU Sign: "Training Center Command Post--Our slogan is Enthusiasm". MCU issuing helmet. MS silhouetted firing rifle grenades & explosions.
WW2; Liberation Aftermath;
NOTE: Natzweiler-Struthof was operational between 21May41 & beginning Sep44 & largely held resistance movement members from European countries.
WWII - 1944, France: Natzweiler - Struthof Concentration Camp; 29th Division Replacement Training LIB 1085. Slate: 02Dec44 Struthof Concentration Camp. Sgt Olin. 06:29:10 LS valley & mountains beyond, pan across rooftops of barracks buildings. Barbed wire on top of fence, tower at camp entrance, CU electric fence & insulators. 06:30 14 Soldier or ?? removing clay cannisters / urns for ashes. inspecting tub & shower heads. . 06:30:50 Ext barred windows of shower room; door & viewing hole. 06:31:12 LS camp buildings. Chimney of crematorium. 06:31:40 Two-man metal carrying box for ashes (?) on roof. 06:32:00 Int. crematorium w/ furnace chamber. 06:32:23 Table for autopsies (?) next to sink for anatomical specimen collection. 06:32:28 LIB 1086. 02Dec44 Alsdorf, 29th Div Replacement Training Center. Instructor talking to soldiers. Running w/ rifles on open field course, advance in attack formation, over fence & up ravine w/ bayonets. 06:34:41 Slate. Soldiers marching thru town on wet brick streets. 06:35:10 CU Sign: "Training Center Command Post--Our slogan is Enthusiasm". MCU issuing helmet. MS silhouetted firing rifle grenades & explosions. WW2; Liberation Aftermath; NOTE: Natzweiler-Struthof was operational between 21May41 & beginning Sep44 & largely held resistance movement members from European countries.