Overview
- Description
- Brzeziny ghetto. Jews working in snow, digging, posing for the camera, CUs, etc. Empty streets. Sled with goods dragged in the snow from one house to another. Women and men move about. CU, child with Jude star.
- Duration
- 00:02:23
- Date
-
Event:
1940s
- Locale
-
Brzeziny,
Poland
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Poor
- Time Code
- 01:41:35:00 to 01:43:58:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 505 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Master 505 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Master 505 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Master 505 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 505 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 505 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 505 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 505 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- National Center for Jewish Film
- Conditions on Use
- Contact NCJF at pontius@brandeis.edu for permission to reproduce and use this film.
- Copyright Holder
- National Center for Jewish Film
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection - not accessioned
- Note
- The location of this ghetto has been misidentified over the years as Łódź. On a sign seen in the film appears the name "Loewenstadt" (the German name of Brzeziny). The hanging in Brzeziny took place behind the ruined synagogue. Comparing the synagogue seen in the film with a photo of the synagogue at its glory (Photo Archive 12231) indicates that it is, indeed, Brzeziny.
Betacam SP copy includes burn-in time codes.
For a much improved, longer version, see Story 4913 on Film ID 2910 (a 2010 joint preservation project). See also Story 4656, Film ID 2848 for another copy of this footage from the original source: The Ghetto Fighters House (Lohamei Hagetaot) in Israel, or Story 3820, Film ID 2324 for duplicate footage from NCJF.
Located near Lodz, the town of Brzeziny had a Jewish majority - 6,850 of 13,000 inhabitants as late as 1939. During the Nazi occupation, a ghetto was established (Feb. 1940) which held nearly 6,000 people and was liquidated on May 19-20, 1942. Elderly Jews were sent to Chelmno and the rest to the Lodz ghetto. - Copied From
- 35mm
- Film Source
- National Center for Jewish Film
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1015
Source Archive Number: Pol 3 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:04:18
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