Reel Number: 220978-12
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1945,1940s
Country: Germany,Occupied GERMANY,USA
Location: bruchsai,Russelsheim
TC Begins: 14:20:44
TC Ends: 14:22:00
Duration: 00:01:16
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Post-WWII - 1945, Germany: Nazi War Criminals Executed. Nov45 Three German soldiers who breached Allied lines in US uniforms in 1944 tied by MPs to posts in front of wall; MS of large US army firing squad standing & kneeling; aim & fires. 14:21:10 10Nov45 Five German civilians who beat a captured US air crew to death led to gallows by MPs, priest & US army officers. CU US soldier fixing hangman’s noose. 14:21:18 Several kiss crucifix, including Joseph / Josef Hartgen; climbs scaffold, hooded & hanged from gallows. WW2; 1940s; Military Justice; War Criminals; NOTE: Five hung as result of Russelsheim Massacre of 26Aug44.