Post-WWII - 1945, Germany: Execution of Nazi & Civilian War Criminals, Bruchsal, Germany. 10-12Jan46

Post-WWII - 1945, Germany: Execution of Nazi & Civilian War Criminals, Bruchsal, Germany. 10-12Jan46 Paris 0502 Slate: Townsend 3267 Hanging Bruchsal - GY. 12Jan46 Roll 5. 09:52:15 CU US military officer in courtyard of prison looking up. MP beside prisoner on gallows w/ army officer holding rope w/ noose. 09:52:24 Row of military officer in line in prison courtyard watching. US officers on gallows, one reading from paper. MS of German Army Sgt, prisoner on wooden gallows, bag put over head, hangman’s noose tightened, trapdoor opened, camera flashbulbs go off as prisoner drops to death. 09:53:02 Flash slate: Townsend 3264 Hanging Bruchsal - GY 12Jan46 Roll 1. German civilian prisoner wearing black & cap led to gallows w/ priest, beside & MPs, US & Soviet officers following. Marching up steps, has T on back of jacket. 09:53:37 LS Charges or Last Rites read on gallows; bag over head; noose tightened. 09:54:07 Body of hanged man removed & put in coffin. Carried off & into stone building. 09:54:37 Above process repeated w/ another male civilian; LS gallows w/ prison wall in BG & line of military personnel in FG; CU on gallows tying hands. 09:55:03 Slate: Townsend same. R3. Line of military personnel watching. LS gallows w/ men & prisoner. MCU of prisoner; noose in hangman’s hand; cloth put over head, noose attached. LS prisoner drops thru trapdoor as soldier takes picture. LS of gallows. 09:55:56 Military officers enter space under gallows to retrieve body, old German men arrive w/ coffin. 09:56:13 Slate: Same, R2. Face of dead prisoner seen as body carried by soldiers & placed into coffin. Officers of various nationalities stand around courtyard as coffin carried out. Smiling woman journalist & Soviet soldiers. 09:56:51 Third civilian prisoner led to gallows, Hands tied (T on back of coat); walked up steps. 09:57:16 Slug. 09:57:19 Paris 0497. Last Rites read etc. Officer holding noose; prisoner (w/ mustache) has cap removed & cloth & noose put over head. 09:57:50 MLS of gallows as prisoner drops to his death. Good shot priest reading from Bible w/ military photographer & film cameraman in BG. Body put roughly into coffin, elbow blocking lid has to be moved. 09:58:27 Slate: Townsend 3264 Hanging Bruchsal - GY 10Jan46, R1. Another prisoner (w/ mustache)walked to gallows, kisses priest’s crucifix; low angle CU prisoner & others on gallows; MCUs watching US military. Post-WW2; Collaborators; Capital Punishment; Hanging; War Crimes; War Crimes; 1940s;