Overview
- Description
- Aerial view of Zwischenahn Lake filmed from the water tower on the south bank. The town of Bad Zwischenahn is located south of this land-locked sea. Windy with bright sunlight and full trees in early summer.
00:00:12 Title "Bad Zwischenahn im Festschmuck" The town of Bad Zwischenahn is decorated with Nazi symbols including flags, banners, garlands, and posters for the NSDAP convention. View of a gray stone building with columns, the NSDAP headquarters of the District Leader, Johann Schneider, in the Villa Windmüller located on Peter Street (also appears in Film ID 3930). Bathouse and boat docked in the lake - the Stedigsehre, a rowing boat meant to serve as a training for the Marine Hitler Youth. Decorated buildings in town, including Kino Willi (a cinema in the house of Wilhelm Grambart on Bahnhof Street at 00:01:08), the Post Office building on Bahnhof Street (00:01:15), the train station (00:01:27), and a grocery of Justus Fischer on Mill Street (00:01:38).
00:02:09 Title, "Die Grosskundgebung im Festzelt" Mass rally in the marquee at the marketplace. Men from various German military branches congregate in a square outside a tent decorated in red and gold. They speak casually with civilians from the town. The men are in dress uniforms from the Wehrmacht, SS, and other military and paramilitary branches. A musical band of Hitler Youth play their instruments in the square at the arrival of a Nazi party member, possibly Kreisleiter Johann Schneider or the Gauleiter. Staatsrat Professor Willy Börger speaks within the tent at 5:30pm on June 3 before returning outside.
00:05:15 Official opening of the tent camp at 7:30pm on June 3. Hitler Youth play instruments near a row of tents. Kreisleiter (District Leader) Johann Schneider speaks to a crowd at attention at the tent camp. 00:06:26 Performances at the festival grounds and rifle range at Eyhauser Avenue. Women in blue and white dresses dance in the round on an open area of grass before a set of bleachers. The surrounding area is decorated with Nazi banners. A large wooden statue painted to look like a golden eagle with Nazi symbol behind the bleachers. Painted white stripes divide the field. Women play music on accordions.
00:08:00 Title, "Wehr - Wettkämpfe". Units from various military and paramilitary Nazi organizations march past the camera. Men in Wehrmacht uniforms walk along a cobble street. Hitler Youth groups and Deutsche Arbeitsfront units are also seen.
00:09:32 MS, rifle range where men take aim at hanging targets, probably on June 4 at 7:00am, at the Ahrens'schen meadow near a pumping station and Fritz Krüger. Wehrmacht and SS soldiers participate in military trainings and exercises.
00:11:54 Athletes gather at a table. End of the men's relay race past Oldenburg Street on June 4. Awards ceremony for winners of the military competiton/tournament in the Ahrens'schen meadow across the street from "Fritz Krüger," a butcher located on Oldenburg Street. Various military personnel. Groups of Hitler Youth and female youth organizations march along a road, singing. They arrive at the festival grounds.
00:15:42 Title, "Der Festplatz". Military personnel march to music in the park/festival grounds. An assembly of military and civilians gather to view a speech from the bleachers before the golden eagle. Men and women sing from bleachers, possibly Reich workers (160 men and 60 women) singing the choral work "Grossdeutschland". - Film Title
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Nazi Germany pre-war -- amateur
- Duration
- 00:18:55
- Date
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Event:
June 3-4, 1939
- Locale
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Bad Zwischenahn,
Germany
- Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Naomi Buck
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Carl Roever
- Biography
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Gauleiter Karl Roever
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Amateur.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Excellent
- Time Code
- 00:00:00:00 to 00:18:55:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 3929 Video: HDCam - color - NTSC - large
Master 3930 Video: HDCam - color - NTSC - large
Master 3929 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - AGFA - Kodachrome - original
Master 3929 Video: HDCam - color - NTSC - large
Master 3930 Video: HDCam - color - NTSC - large
Master 3929 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - AGFA - Kodachrome - original
Master 3929 Video: HDCam - color - NTSC - large
Master 3930 Video: HDCam - color - NTSC - large
Master 3929 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - AGFA - Kodachrome - original
Master 3929 Video: HDCam - color - NTSC - large
Master 3930 Video: HDCam - color - NTSC - large
Master 3929 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - AGFA - Kodachrome - original- Preservation
Preservation 3929 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 3930 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 3929 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 3930 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 3929 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 3930 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 3929 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 3930 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Conditions on Use
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum places no restrictions on use of this material. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this film footage.
- Copyright Holder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- Naomi Buck donated two 16mm film reels to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2014. Naomi's uncle had received the films from his father, William Braden.
- Note
- NSDAP-Kreistags [Nazi Party Convention] on June 3 and 4, 1939 (Saturday and Sunday) in the town of Bad Zwischenahn, included a mass rally, morning celebration, speeches by State Professor Willy Borger and Gauleiter Karl Roever, the swearing-in of 500 NSKK men, youth sport competitions and events, and fireworks. See extensive details, articles, and a program of the event in the Archive's files.
The Stedigsehre (Nydam boat) was built in 1934 at the behest of former Gauleiter Carl Röver at the shipyard Aheking & Rasmussen (Lemwerder). The model was an original discovered in the Nydam Moor, which is on exhibit in the Gottorf Castle. The boat builders had only one month to complete it, as written in a document of the 100-year anniversary of the shipyard. In Röver's view, there was a direct lineage of the Vikings to the people of Stedingen. The rebuilding of the ship was to be one way to secure this lineage in the minds of the public. The ship was finally launched in Sept. 1934. The ship was rarely used by the Marine Hitler Youth. There were 14 to 16 youths, but the boat needed at least 31 men to row it. It was launched on the Zwischenahn Lake in 1936.
Handwritten on film can label: "Nazi Germany pre-war".
Transferred at 15fps. Detailed notes about the camera used to film the event and the date codes on the original film are located in the files. - Film Source
- Naomi Buck
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5757
- Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:02:47
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Amateur original film in color showing a prewar Nazi party event in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany which likely took place in conjunction with the annual Niedersachsentage, a type of folk festival, in 1937 or 1938. The town is decorated with Nazi symbols including flags, banners, garlands, and posters. Men from German military branches, the SS, and the Hitler Youth parade and congregate in the festival grounds. The Gauleiter, probably Carl Röver, greets the Nazis and delivers a speech. The two 16mm film reels were donated by Naomi Buck, whose uncle received them from his father, William Braden.
Gauleiter speaks; parade for NSDAP convention in Bad Zwischenahn
Film
Title, "Vorbeimarsch vor dem Gauleiter". A parade on June 4 at 3:30pm marches past Carl Röver, the Gauleiter of Weser-Ems from 1929 until his death in 1942. He is standing in a blue Mercedes. The Nazi District Administration headquarters building is behind the Gauleiter and adorned with Nazi flags and eagle insignias. 00:03:42 A street sign points toward "Fährhaus." The parade includes World War One veterans, the Hitler Youth, mounted cavalry and soldiers from various military branches, the Deutsche Arbeitsfront, and the SS. 00:07:47 Title, "Der Gauleiter spricht". Gauleiter Carl Röver speaks to a large gathering on June 4 at 4pm. He is standing on bleachers before a golden eagle symbol at the festival grounds. 00:08:48 The gathering disperses. Military and other organizations march in rank and file. The Gauleiter sits for a meal with other party members. A parade with of men in uniform and the Hitler Youth march along an unknown cobbled street outside the bakery/cafe "Otto Gerdes" in the so-called marketplace curve (Am Brink). 00:11:53 At Zwischenahn Lake, demonstrations of Seeflugstützpunktes (Airfield Rostrup) and the Zwischenahner sailing clubs on June 4 at 12-2 pm. A transport plane, likely a Ju-52, and three biplanes fly overhead. 00:13:10 Title, "Zum Schluss: Das Prachtfeuerwerk". Fireworks burst against a night sky on June 4 at 10pm. 00:15:10 CU, a Nazi golden eagle flag draped in front of the NSDAP headquarters of the District Leader, Johann Schneider, in the Villa Windmüller located on Peter Street. Kodak logo.
