Synagogue destroyed by French fascists with the help of the SS

Identifier
irn1004121
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.207.1
  • RG-60.4617
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Deutsche Wochenschau/ACE Paris (Producer)
  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

French police stand in front of a bombed synagogue. CU shots of the destruction, exterior and interior. Panning shots including the Hebrew script over the door. According to the Bundesarchiv, in the night of 2-3 October, 1941, six out the seven synagogues in Paris were bombed by the French fascist Parti Populaire Francais. The attacks were carried out under the initiative and with the support of the SD, which provided the explosives.

Note(s)

  • This is a 29 meter excerpt. The total length of this film is 175 meters. This is unedited footage shot by the German and French newsreel companies.

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: no rights claimed anymore by Bundesarchiv, but we don't know who the rights holders might be

Subjects

  • SD (SICHERHEITSDIENST)
  • SYNAGOGUES
  • COLLABORATORS
  • BOMBINGS
  • POLICE
  • PARTI POPULAIRE FRANCAIS
  • STARS OF DAVID
  • COLLABORATORS (FRENCH)
  • DESTRUCTION
  • HEBREW

Places

  • Paris, France

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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