Men Out of Cages

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

45/34

Date Released

26 Apr 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 11945 Pilgrimage to Canterbury
2. 2Men Out of Cages

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

British prisoners are released from Stalag X1B, Stalag 357 and Oflag 79. German General Karl Veith, commander of Oflag 79, the Brunswick garrison, is among German prisoners taken. In Schweinfurt German civilians undergo cross-examination. Also in Schweinfurt, a ball-bearing factory is captured. Vital components for aircraft, submarines and tanks, this was another prize. At Moerkers another haul, this time buried treasure of German gold reserve, also priceless art treasures stolen from galleries such as the Louvre in Paris. And in Paris, French collaborators are rounded up, among them Lafont and Bony, and pictures of allied POWs being ill-treated are produced in evidence at their trial. They end up in front of an FFI firing squad. All the way from Paris to Berlin German civilians hand in firearms according to allied orders. In Bristol Mr Churchill speaks on ending the war and he says we stand with our American allies.

Keywords

Politics and government; Weapons; Industry and manufacture; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Crime; Military

Locations

France; Paris; Germany; Schweinfurt

Length of story (in feet)

457

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