Soviet POWs rounded up

Identifier
irn1000485
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.260.1
  • RG-60.0339
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Pan/overview of hundreds of Soviet POWs in a gully, sitting on the embankment. Some are barefoot. Potatoes are tossed down to men who scramble and fight desperately to get them. Russian women stand on the bridge beside the Germans, looking down.

Note(s)

  • 01:01:31-01:03:16

  • Portion of this used in feature film "Sunshine", directed by Istvan Szabo. Timecodes starting with 06: refer to the Master and User (VHS) copies. Timecodes starting with 01: refer to the Protection (Beta SP) copy.

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.

Subjects

  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • POWS (SOVIET)
  • USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
  • POTATOES
  • INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION
  • STARVATION
  • WEHRMACHTSAUFNAHMEN
  • SOVIET UNION
  • INVASIONS
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • FIGHTING

Places

  • , Soviet Union

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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