Jewish Memorial Pageant - "We Shall Never Die"

Identifier
irn1000477
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.264.1
  • RG-60.0543
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Moving Image Research Collections

Scope and Content

Memorial service/pageant/event organized by the "Committee for a Jewish Army of Stateless and Palestinian Jews," dedicated to the "two million Jewish dead of Europe." LS of stage with big cast and chorus. MCU of Paul Muni reading (dramatically) about "the problem [belonging to] humanity." VLS participants, rabbis, actors (including Rod Steiger), etc on stage. Reciting Kaddish.

Note(s)

  • Newsreel described (narrated) by Lowell Thomas. Documentation includes script, camera operator's notes, telegram. For outtakes of this event, see Story 544 on Film ID 235 or Story 1309 on Film ID 2928. For interview with Zionist organizer Peter Bergson, see Shoah Outtakes "Bergson/Merlin." This clip is also on Film ID 235. Film IDs 235 and 236 have the same time codes. Film ID 235 contains more stories than Film ID 236, but the USHMM only has a VHS copy of Film ID 235.

Subjects

  • UNITED STATES
  • THEATERS
  • STAGES
  • PAGEANTS
  • FLAGS
  • SPEECHES
  • BANNERS
  • JEWS
  • PROTESTS
  • MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
  • ACTORS
  • CEREMONIES
  • MEMORIALS

Places

  • New York, NY, United States

Genre

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