German TV documentary film on antisemitism (reel 13)

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.359.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3323 | Film ID: 2506B

Overview

Description: The narrator asserts that as long as men such as Globke are part of the West German government, the "Aktion J" is still in action. Scenes of anti-Jewish graffiti and desecrated Jewish gravestones. Footage of Globke walking down his driveway and getting into his car. East German professor Alfred Norden is shown on television, speaking about Globke. He ends by holding up the file on Globke that we have been seeing throughout the film. He calls Globke the "Jew murderer by Adenauer's side." The narrator claims that since the day in July 1960 that Norden gave this speech to a press conference about German unity, the controversy about Globke has been publicized in newspapers throughout the world. Shots of newspaper headlines about Globke and a demonstration against him.
Film Title: Aktion J
Duration: 00:04:48
Date: Production: 1961
Locale: Germany
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: 01:33:37:00 to 01:38:25:00
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 ANTISEMITISM COMMUNISTS DEMONSTRATIONS GLOBKE, HANS GRAFFITI NAZI OFFICIALS NEWSPAPERS PROPAGANDA

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: 3269
Source Archive Number: NP 03966 R13
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive