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III.37 Film Footage: The documentary motion picture “Nazi Concentration
Camps” was directed by U.S. Naval Commander James B. Donovan as an
official submission to the IMT by the U.S. Chief Counsel. It is a compila­
tion of film footage documenting conditions found at Nazi concentration
camps by the advancing Allied armies. On November 29, 1945, the film was
shown to the IMT defendants at Nuremberg. On roll 4, Lt. Jack H. Taylor is
shown standing with fellow survivors and describing his capture, imprison­
ment, and conditions at Mauthausen. The four rolls of this documentary
are filed under Film No. 238.2 in the NARA Motion Picture and Sound
Recording Research Room. (see V.3 below).
RECORD GROUP 242, NATIONAL ARCHIVES
COLLECTION OF FOREIGN RECORDS SEIZED
III.38 The National Archives established this record group in 1947 for
records in Federal custody that had been captured from Germany, Italy, and
Japan during World War II or seized from the defeated Axis powers at the
end of the war. Nearly all of the originals of the seized World War II records
have been returned to their country of origin, with the National Archives
retaining the microfilm copies.
III.39 National Archives Collection of World War II Captured German Records
This collection of captured German records is reproduced on over 70,000
rolls of microfilm and described in over 100 volumes of “German Guides,”
catalogues, and other finding aids. An estimated 30,000 rolls (Captured
German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, VA) reproduce seized records
of German central, regional, and local government agencies and of military
commands and units as well as of the Nazi Party, its formations, affiliated
associations, and supervised organizations. The remaining 40,000 rolls
(Captured German Records Microfilmed in Berlin, Germany) reproduce the
non­biographic and biographic records formerly held at the Berlin
Document Center (BDC) under Department of State custody. Non­bio­
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