Jews remove stars during liberation of Tunisia

Identifier
irn1004314
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.207.1
  • RG-60.4816
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Swedish
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Fox Movietonews (Producer)
  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Scenes from the liberation of Kairouan, Tunisia on April 4, 1943 by the 8th British Army. View of the city, followed by shots of French General Philippe Leclerc. Residents of Kairouan cheer and greet the entering British troops. Jews remove their star badges, throw them to the ground, and step on them. A man removes a sign that reads, "Durchgang fuer Wehrmacht Verboten [entry by the Wehrmacht forbidden]."

Note(s)

  • This is a 16 meter long excerpt. The total length of this film is 267 meters.

Subjects

  • STARS OF DAVID
  • BADGES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (FRENCH)
  • JEWS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH)
  • LIBERATION

Places

  • Kairouan, Tunisia
  • , North Africa

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Copies