Sinti Persecution

Identifier
irn1001680
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.245.1
  • RG-60.0578
Dates
1 Jan 1987 - 31 Dec 1987
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Melanie Spitta (Director)
  • Katrin Seybold Film GMBH (Producer)
  • Katrin Seybold Film GMBH
  • Katrin Seybold (Director)

Biographical History

Katrin Seybold (1943-2012) learnt film making from Edgar Reitz, among others. Since 1979, she has had her own production company and makes television productions about social issues and documentaries about the persecution of German Gypsies, Jews and the resistance during the Nazi regime.

Scope and Content

Finished 1987 documentary film about the Nazi persecution of the Roma/Sinti. Photographs of family members, interviews with surviving members of family. Color footage of children (01:34:31-01:36:54): playing at recess, dancing with nuns, before taken to Auschwitz, boys shining shoes in street, playing games.

Subjects

  • FAMILIES
  • ROMA/SINTI
  • NUNS
  • CHILDREN
  • DANCING
  • AUSCHWITZ
  • STREETS
  • PLAYING

Places

  • , Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Feature.
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