Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the war in Poland
Extent and Medium
a: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
b: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
c: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
Creator(s)
- Reichsjugendfuhrung Presse- und Propagandaamt (Producer)
Archival History
The filmstrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Susan Gitlin.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Gitlin
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to explain why Germany had to invade Poland, on September 1, 1939. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
a. Rolled 35mm filmstrip. b. Short, gray textured paper covered cardboard container tube with an open top. The sides curve under at the bottom edge to secure a white round cardboard insert. A rectangular white paper label with the title in German fraktur printed in black ink is adhered to the side. The interior has a brown cardboard sleeve with semi-circular openings on either side. c. Small, circular gray textured paper covered cardboard lid with a slightly recessed top; the top is slightly off center and has a horizontal black line near the edge. The Hitler Youth emblem, a black swastika within a red and white diamond, with German text around the border are printed in black ink on the top.
b. side, on label, black ink : Der Polenkrieg (bold) W 13 [The War in Poland W 13] c. top, around edge, black ink : Bildband für die Schulung in der HJ. [Filmstrip for Training in the HJ.]
Corporate Bodies
- Hitler Youth
Subjects
- Nazi propaganda--Pictorial works.
- National socialism and youth.
- Fascism--Youth--Germany--History--20th century.
- Youth movements--Germany--History--20th century.
Genre
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Object