Romani children in an orphanage in Germany

Identifier
irn1000174
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.260.1
  • RG-60.0324
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

MLS, MS, and MCU of Romani and other children playing on a courtyard under the supervision of a nun (dressed in full habit) in Josefspflege orphanage in Mulfingen, Germany. LS girls in a circle, playing an orderly game with the nun. Boys too. Some stare at camera. Girls in braided pigtails, bows, smocks. Crowding around camera (VQ: a bit softer). Lunchtime outside. Children wearing blue uniforms (color improves). CU of lovely faces, innocent, happy. They clown and compete for the camera. Boys play in courtyard, carry shoes. MCU playing with marble on board. Picking apples up in a tree.

Note(s)

  • See departmental files for an article about the "Gypsy" children of St. Josefspflege, in Germany, by Johannes Meister. The children were deported to Auschwitz early in 1944. These are the last films of them before deportation. Also, refer to files for a one-page contract identifying rights. The BA files contain very little information.

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: no rights claimed anymore by Bundesarchiv, but we don't know who the rights holders might be

Subjects

  • CHILDREN
  • FOOD
  • NUNS
  • SHOES
  • CAMERAS
  • RACIAL SCIENCE
  • ORPHANS
  • GERMANY
  • ROMA/SINTI
  • UNIFORMS
  • PLAYING
  • CLERGY

Places

  • Mulfingen, Germany

Genre

  • Amateur.
  • Film
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