Jewish Service at Belsen

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.251.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0066 | Film ID: 10

Overview

Description: Jewish religious service outdoors, which cameraman describes as having a "simple sincerity." Two rabbis assisting Reverend R.H. Hardman are both ex-POWS - Rabbi H. Helfgot (Yugoslavian, bearded) and Rabbi B. Goldfinger (Polish, clean shaven). Sunny day, large gathering, organized event, lots of people. Young women with arms around each other, staring without apparent emotion. Rabbi holds up Torah. Makeshift ark, tapestry. VLS from above of gathering, big circle of people crowded together, outer ring of people stand on benches. Long line of little kids coming together, join and enter circle. CU, Rabbi reading. More CU of women, very serious, sad, clinging to each other. Another CU of clergy, Rev. Hardman.
Duration: 00:01:52
Date: Event: 1945 May 19
Locale: Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
Contributor: Camera Operator: H. Hewitt
Camera Operator: Martin Wilson
Subject: Leslie Hardman
Biography: Rev. Leslie Hardman was a British Army Chaplain at the liberation of Belsen.

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 17:17:05:00 to 17:18:57:00
Film Format: Master
Master 10 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 10 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 10 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 10 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Preservation
Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 10 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 10 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 10 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 10 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small

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Copyright: Imperial War Museums
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Copyright Holder: Imperial War Museums

Keyword: BERGEN-BELSEN CHILDREN CHILDREN (JEWISH) CLERGY CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION) CROWDS GERMANY HARDMAN, LESLIE JEWS LIBERATION RABBIS RELIGIOUS SERVICES RELIGIOUS SERVICES (JEWISH) SURVIVORS SURVIVORS (JEWISH) TORAH SCROLLS WOMEN

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection of film segments about the liberation of Belsen from the Imperial War Museum in London in March 1991.
Note: For some duplicate (although poorer quality) footage, see Story 2657, Film ID 165.
Copied From: 35mm positive b/w
Film Source: Imperial War Museums
File Number: Legacy Database File: 206
Source Archive Number: A700/337/3
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

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