Recently Unearthed Footage Shows Nazi Guards & Prisoners Laughing & Joking Together

Ozzy Bon Halen · Aug 14, 2012

Extraordinary footage unearthed after 70 years shows prisoners and Nazi guards laughing and joking inside Colditz

Film was shot by a logistics officer who spent several weeks at Colditz

It was bought by collector Karl Hoeffkes, who alerted authorities

The extraordinary footage – the only known film of prisoners and guards inside the camp – was found 70 years after it was shot. It will be screened for the first time on Channel 4 tonight.
The clips show inhabitants of the camp in a more relaxed light, joking around and smiling for the camera.
The grainy colour film also shows prisoners gathered for a roll call in the isolated Renaissance castle, which formed the most secure prison camp in the Third Reich.
Colditz, near Leipzig, Dresden, and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony, was built on the side of a cliff above the Mulde river in the 11th Century.

At one point during the film, a group of four officers is seen laughing as they cross the bridge leading to the castle entrance. One produces a pistol and waves it at the others, one of whom responds by drawing his sword.
In another scene an officer is shown gazing out of a castle window and doffing his cap to the camera.
Two officers are also seen out and about in the East German town, with one offering a Nazi salute whilst his colleague laughs.

Tom Cook, the director, told The Daily Telegraph: 'It is very unusual to see German officers having a laugh.
'This is the first time the film has been broadcast anywhere in the world.
'It is the only known film footage of prisoners at the castle and is a very exciting find.
'Although Colditz is well-documented through still photography, we have never before been inside the castle in such a way with film.'
The film will be shown at 9pm today on Channel 4 during the documentary Escape from Colditz which also features the story of one of the most audacious escape plots.
Prisoners managed to construct a glider from materials including bedsteads, floorboards, cotton sheets and porridge and planned to fly out of the camp.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187580/Extraordinary-footage-unearthed-70-years-shows-prisoners-Nazi-guards-laughing-joking-inside-Colditz.html

VisCOP · Aug 14, 2012

Surprised the j00s haven't had this tape destroyed. Not good for Shoah bizness.

Aces High · Aug 20, 2012

Tom Cook, the director, told The Daily Telegraph: 'It is very unusual to see German officers having a laugh.

Yes usually they could be found bayoneting nuns and throwing babies into raging fires............Tom cook is a prick.

goosey · Aug 20, 2012

Great ratings on some of those comments. I'm surprised no one says anything in real life.

Apocales · Aug 20, 2012

Also fairly surprised the Soviets didn't do much to it since it was behind the Iron Curtain.

William Score · Sep 11, 2012

These prisoners were obviously forced to look happy by their fascist overseers under penalty of death. The officers were probably making morbid jokes about the holocaust. Disgusting!

chloeblossoms · Sep 12, 2012

C'mon, what a reach. An isolated film of a couple officers and interned people laughing and now the Holocaust was a misunderstanding? I'm against the whole Holocaust machine but give me a break.

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