Road Building Project Near Auschwitz

Identifier
irn1001222
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.343.1
  • RG-60.0079
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Chronos-Media GmbH

Scope and Content

Men working on a road building project. VAR shots of construction, workers and a tractor. Closeup of sign: "Strassenbaugesellschaft / W. Schallinger u. Co. / Wien / Zweigniederlassung Krakau / Baubuero Jedrzejow"

Note(s)

  • Original film can label reads "Chronos / Dokuments / Akt 1". The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Film and Video department received this particular footage without asking for it. Identification from Brewster Chamberlain and Martin Smith's notes.

Subjects

  • SIGNS/POSTERS
  • CONSTRUCTION
  • WORKERS
  • STREETS
  • AUSCHWITZ
  • POLAND

Places

  • Auschwitz, Poland
  • Krakow, Poland

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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