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Westerbork slave labor

Film | Accession Number: 1992.246.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0819 | Film ID: 519

Slave labor at Westerbork transit camp. Recycling metals - men working at tables, putting things into baskets and barrels marked Kupfer [copper], Messing [brass], etc. Forward tracking shot through shop past workers, including at least one woman. Man with goggles and sledge hammer working outside on metal rods. (Some scenes marred by camera fault) Close view of men at work table, in assorted clothing and assorted markings. Some have stars; armbands are present on most. Women pulling wire through boards, in a circle. Some have stars. Closeup of hands and tangled wires. Men at work table working with gloved hands. Agfa/End.

Film Title
Westerbork-film
Genre
Unedited
Duration
00:04:50
Event Date
1944 May 19
Locale
Westerbork, Netherlands
Language
Mute
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rijks Filmarchief
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About This Film

Production Date
1944
Contributor
Producer: Albert K. Gemmeker
Camera Operator: Rudolf Breslauer
Biography
Lagerkommandantur Westerbork
This film was commissioned by camp commander Konrad Gemmeker to convince the Gestapo headquarters of Westerbork's vital production value. The Jewish prisoner Werner (Rudolf) Breslauer documented activities at the transit camp with a 16mm film camera. Discovered after liberation, the footage contains some of the most famous and often reproduced images of deportation.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
00:10:31:00 to 00:15:21:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 519 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 519 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The film footage was purchased by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July 1992 from the Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst Film-en fotoarchief van de Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst in the Hague, Netherlands.
Note
See Wild Tape W87 for 3/4" and VHS PAL version of this footage.
This film was commissioned by camp commander Konrad Gemmeker to convince the Gestapo headquarters of Westerbork's vital production value. The Jewish prisoner Werner (Rudolf) Breslauer documented activities at the transit camp with a 16mm film camera. Discovered after liberation, the footage contains some of the most famous and often reproduced images of deportation.

The Westerbork-film was nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register of documentary heritage in 2016.
Film Source
Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst Film-en fotoarchief
File Number
Legacy File Number: 1123
Original Archive Number: 2-1167 akte 1

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
 
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