Gdynia surrenders; Volksdeutsch refugees
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
Scope and Content
Refugees walking on the road. Several shots of people sitting by river, near destroyed bridge (narration identifies them as Volksdeutsche); people arrive at riverbank in small boats. Sick and wounded are helped to walk, refugees eating (all identified as "suffering Volksdeutsche"). German soldier hands out candy to little girl; kids gathered around in small crowd. Bandaged, forlorn men.
Note(s)
The narrator indicates this footage as anti-Polish propaganda. Duplicate footage (although without narration and in lesser quality) on Film ID 2552, Story 4281.
Subjects
- BRIDGES
- RIVERS
- CROWDS
- EATING
- MARCHING
- USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
- BOATS
- GERMANS
- DESTRUCTION
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- POLAND
- WOUNDED
- REFUGEES
- CHILDREN
- SURRENDER
- VOLKSDEUTSCH
Places
- Gdynia, Poland
Genre
- Film
- Newsreels.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Bundesarchiv, Berlin-Lichterfelde (Abteilung Filmarchiv)