Overview
- Description
- A Nazi propaganda film that depicts the suffering of the Sudetendeutsche in contrast to the laziness of the Jews who agitate the Czechs into war against Germany. Because of the film's relatively minor quality, it was only screened at internal party events. Produced by Reichspropagandaleitung.
Bohemia/Moravia. Map. Narrator, "Before the Slavs...Germans...the German Kaisers built..." WS, lovely Prague views. September 10, 1919, maps, Bolsheviks. 3.5 million Germans driven out of Czechoslovakia? Reichsgrenze. Sudetenland, industry, mining, hot springs in Karlsbad, people, lace-making. (6"37) "Elendsgebiet", mineheads stopped. "Überall Juden" Karlsbad/Karlovy Vary. Hebrew clock, street scenes, signs, synagogue. Good shots of women and children, park bench, bathing suits, men and women, sophisticated, reading. Orthodox. Election of the Nazis. TROTZ - Terror! Nazi march, crowds, large square banners. Documents, incl. Völkischer Beobachter. Mobilization to provoke Germans. "Wir beleren heim ins Reich."? NSV feeding people, troops assist. Good crowd scenes and NSDAP propaganda. NSV Karlsbad, giving out clothing, shoes. Tanks, Hitler. Good shots of Hitler, Heydrich, Himmler, Wolff, March 16, 1939. Protectorate. Swastikas. Train arrives with Hitler, Himmler, and other elite. Very dramatic scenes, voices. Night. Fireworks in Berlin. Chancellery. Women. Map 1933, 1939 (Gross Deutschland). - Film Title
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Schicksalswende [Turn of Destiny]
- Duration
- 00:28:00
- Date
-
Production:
1939
- Locale
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Sudetenland
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Berlin, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Propaganda.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2631 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2631 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2631 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2631 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
- Conditions on Use
- Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
- Copyright Holder
- Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- BANNERS BOHEMIA/MORAVIA CITIES CLOTHES CROWDS CZECHOSLOVAKIA ELECTIONS FIREWORKS FOOD GERMAN OCCUPATION GERMANS GERMANY HEADLINES HEYDRICH, REINHARD HIMMLER, HEINRICH HITLER, ADOLF INVASIONS JEWS MAPS MARCHING NAZI OFFICIALS NAZI PARTY NAZI SEIZURE OF POWER NEWSPAPERS NIGHT ORTHODOX JEWS PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDA (NAZI) SHOES SIGNS/POSTERS STREETS SUDETENLAND SWASTIKAS SYNAGOGUES TANKS TRAIN STATIONS TRAINS VOLKSDEUTSCH WOLFF, KARL WOMEN
Administrative Notes
- 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
- The film passed censorship on March 31, 1939.
- Film Source
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3880
Source Archive Number: 55 (B 63554) - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:55:35
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