Murder Mill At Hadamar 1945

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Hadamar, Germany.

Various shots of grave diggers at work at a large cemetery. Men put masks on and continue to dig. Various shots of the men digging out bodies from fresh graves. They line them up on ground to be examined. Various highly disturbing shots of a forensic expert doing graveside...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
63961
Sort Number:
UN 1174 C
Time in/Out:
01:00:01:00 / 01:09:24:00
Canister:
UN 1174 C
Film ID:
2157.01
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