Nazi propaganda film about the "problem of world Judaism"

Identifier
irn1001319
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-60.2768
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • National Center for Jewish Film
  • Fritz Hippler (Director)
  • Heinz Klueth (Warsaw) (Camera Operator)
  • Anton Hafner (Lodz) (Camera Operator)
  • Deutsche Filmherstellungs- und Verwertungs GmbH (DFG) for Reichspropagandaleitung N.S.D.A.P (Producer)
  • Friedrich Carl Heere (Lodz) (Camera Operator)
  • Albert Endrejat (Lodz) (Camera Operator)
  • Hans Eberhard Winterfeld (Lodz) (Camera Operator)
  • Erich Stoll (Camera Operator)
  • Robert Hartmann (Lodz) (Camera Operator)

Scope and Content

A propaganda film declared as a "documentary film contribution about the problem of world Judaism," in which antisemitic stereotypes are disseminated by the Nazis, including scenes showing: Poland as a nesting place for Judaism; the comparison of Jews with rats; the difference between Jews and Aryans; "international crime"; "financial Judaism"; "assimilated Jews"; the Jewish influence on economics, culture, and politics; and Jewish religious practice with a portrayal of haggling and misused sacred Jewish texts.

Note(s)

  • Censor date: November 1, 1940. Length of entire film: 70 minutes. This version has English subtitles. Other credits: Script: based on an idea by Eberhard Taubert; Music: Franz R. Friedl; Editing: Hans Dieter Schiller, Albert Baumeister; Narration: Harry Giese; Tricks and maps: Svend Noldan. Note: The film contains newsreel scenes from Ufa-Tonwoche 471/1939 (Poles fleeing German troops), Ufa-Tonwoche 472/1939 and Ufa-Tonwoche 474/1939 (ghetto scenes, forced labor by Jews), and Ufa-Tonwoche 439/1939 (Reichstag speech of Hitler). It also contains scenes from "The House of Rothchild" (USA, 1934) by Alfred L. Werker, the Zionist movie "Land der Verheissung" (Germany, 1934) by Juda Leman (Jews in Palestine), and of "Triumph des Willens. Das Dokument vom Reichsparteitag 1934" (Germany 1935) by Leni Riefenstahl (Germanic Aryan faces, Nazi flags, Germans marching). See Film and Video departmental files for extensive documentation and a summary of the film. See Stories 3286 to 3293, Film ID 2503 for entire film "Der Ewige Jude." See also Stories 898 and 899 on Film ID 31.

Subjects

  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • JEWS
  • GHETTOS
  • GERMANY
  • POLAND
  • NUREMBERG LAWS
  • PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
  • PROPAGANDA (ANTI-JEWISH)
  • CHILDREN
  • PALESTINE
  • ISRAEL
  • PROPAGANDA
  • ANTISEMITISM

Places

  • , Poland
  • , Germany
  • , Palestine
  • Jerusalem, Israel

Genre

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