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This episode in Investigating History recalls the heroic collaboration by the 507th paratroopers and French civilians during the battle at Graignes that took place in the first days after the Allied invasion and delayed the SS unit from joining the fight for Carentan - 10-km to the north - thus contributing to one of the most crucial victories on D-Day. 40 years later, this largely unknown story is officially acknowledged, when veterans of the 507th return to France to honor 11 citizens of Graignes with the Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the highest U.S. award a civilian can receive for bravery. Including...

Production Year : 2004

Duration : 50

Language : English

Awarding the Title Righteous Among Nations to Mr. Rudimiru Roteru, Dubrovnik, 22.10.2006.

Ceremony awarding Mr Rudimiru Roteru with the title “Righteous Among Nations” 22nd October 2006. Mr Ruteru was recognized as a righteous gentile by Yad Vashem on 30th November 2004. He was a journalist and a known public figure in his country, Croatia. He lived in Serbia until his death. Mr. Roteru saved his Jewish friend, Abo Koen, his wife and daughter, by hiding them in a house he owned. Later the family moved and lived under the protection of the partisans. Abo Koen was killed in battle. His wife and daughter were saved.

Director : Prof. Dr.sc. Rade Petrovic

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 41

Language : English, Serbian-Croatian

German Newsreels no. 717 (31/5/44), 719 (14/6/44).

German Newsreel no. 717 (31 May, 1944): Mother's Day: Mothers visit children at a "Sending Children to the Country" camp; Styria District Party Director Uberreither awards a Mother's Honor Cross. Professor Moeller, a female oceanographer, takes water samples, then investigates them in a laboratory. In Krems, Austria, the 13th German Gymnastics Championship tournament. A welterweight boxing match between a German and a Dutchman sponsored by the Service for Troop Morale. Food distribution: newspaper ads for special food allotments; grocery store; warehouses and trucks; Reich Minister Backe. Seriously wounded...

Production Year : 1944

Duration : 35 39

Language : English, German

German Newsreels no. 713 (3/5/44), 715 (17/5/44).

German Newsreel no. 713 (3 May, 1944): District Party Director Wagner's funeral in Munich, including procession. General Hube's funeral in Berlin; Goering and Hitler are present. In Spain, General Franco reviews a parade honoring fifth anniversary of the liberation of Barcelona. In Brussels, the SS assault brigade Wallonia returns home; Leon Degrelle presents decorations in the presence of Sepp Dietrich. Final exams for Adolf Hitler School students at a " Castle of the Knightly Order", where Robert Ley and Baldur von Schirach are present; students' boxing and gymnastic skills are displayed. In Munich,...

Production Year : 1944

Duration : 39 40

Language : English, German