German TV documentary film on antisemitism (reel 12)

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.359.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3322 | Film ID: 2506B

Overview

Description: Footage of deportations from the Warsaw ghetto (identified as Hungarian deportation), Soviet soldiers liberating Lublin in July 1944. The accused in the dock at the Majdanek trial. Scenes of Lugano, Switzerland, where Globke went on the advice of his doctor in 1944. Battle scenes and a quote from Globke about how he has destroyed most of his uniform. Shots of Russian soldiers raising the flag over the destroyed Reichstag. Globke is sought as war criminal number 101. Shots of the corpses of Globke's three bosses, Goering, Frick, and Himmler. Photo of his fourth boss, Konrad Adenauer. The narrator stresses how important Globke's role is in the government of West Germany. Footage of Adenauer speaking is overlaid with footage of Hitler speaking. The narrator points out that the Communist party is once again forbidden, as it was under the Nazis. Racial hatred too is on the rise in West Germany.
Film Title: Aktion J
Duration: 00:06:43
Date: Production: 1961
Locale: Germany
Lublin, Poland
Warsaw, Poland
Switzerland
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunk
Contributor: Director: Walter Heynowski
Producer: Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)

Language: German
Genre/Form: Documentary.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 01:26:54:00 to 01:33:37:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2506 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2506 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2506 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2506 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Preservation
Preservation 2506B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2506B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2506B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2506B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

Conditions on Access: This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
Copyright: Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv
Conditions on Use: For permissions and licensing, contact Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv at infoservice@dra.de
Copyright Holder: Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv

Keyword: ADENAUER, KONRAD DEPORTATIONS FRICK, WILHELM GLOBKE, HANS GOERING, HERMANN HIMMLER, HEINRICH HITLER, ADOLF NAZI OFFICIALS PROPAGANDA REICHSTAG TRIALS WARSAW GHETTO

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany in January 2001 for possible use in the Museum's special exhibition "Deadly Medicine.".
Note: 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.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 3268
Source Archive Number: NP 03966 R12
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive