German TV documentary film on antisemitism (reel 10)

Identifier
irn1002507
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.359.1
  • RG-60.3320
Dates
1 Jan 1961 - 31 Dec 1961
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
  • Walter Heynowski (Director)
  • Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF) (Producer)

Scope and Content

A Slovak newsreel shows Frick, Stuckart, and Globke with leaders of the collaborationist government of Slovakia. Globke is held responsible for the enactment of anti-Jewish measures (Judenkodex) in that country. Footage of the deportation by train of the Jews of Warsaw. Shots of sumptious meals that Globke might have eaten interspersed with footage of liberated women prisoners in the barracks at Auschwitz, containers of Zyklon B, and the death train at Dachau. Still photographs of the Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz; women waiting to be executed on the beach at Liepaja, Latvia, and in Mizocz, Ukraine. The narrator points out Globke's hypocrisy as he claims to be a devout Christian.

Note(s)

  • Other credits: Music: Hanns Eisler; Narration: Wolfgang Heinz, Herwart Grosse; Distributor: Progress Film-Vertrieb VEB. First broadcast: April 19, 1961. See Stories 3310 through 3323 on Film IDs 2506A and 2506B for entire film "Aktion J." Consult departmental files for a complete description of the individual reels (in German).

  • Film Summary: An East German propaganda film showing original documents, photographs, and witness accounts which portray the career of Hans Globke, former state secretary in the Bundeskanzleramt under Konrad Adenauer's leadership. As commentator and co-writer of the Nuremberg laws, Globke played a significant role in propagating and disseminating the antisemitic decree. This film asserts his responsibility for the Holocaust and emphasizes his outstanding political role in West Germany.

Subjects

  • PROPAGANDA
  • DEATH TRAINS
  • ZYKLON B
  • EXECUTIONS
  • FRICK, WILHELM
  • WOMEN
  • AUSCHWITZ
  • NAZI OFFICIALS
  • GLOBKE, HANS
  • SLOVAKIA

Places

  • , Czechoslovakia
  • Auschwitz, Poland
  • , Ukraine
  • Libau [Liepaja], Latvia
  • Dachau, Germany
  • Warsaw, Poland

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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