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Antisemitic campaign: Boycott, Bookburning, Goebbels

Film | Accession Number: 1988.184.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0032 | Film ID: 5

"Part 2 Acquiring Totalitarian Control of Germany, 1933-1935."
"Opening of the Official Anti-Semitic Campaign, 1 April 1933." Minister for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels addresses a cheering crowd in Berlin Lustgarten. Speech. Boycott of Jewish shops begins. Truck filled with Nazis moves through streets, chanting: "Germans, protect yourselves. Don't buy from the Jews." Crowds in Berlin streets; good views, various. On doorway, sign with skull: "Achtung Juden." On closed stores the sign "Jude" and the Star of David painted on windows. SA men put up signs, hold back crowds.

"Foreign Press Conference, April 1933." Hitler speaks (not in uniform) behind a podium. Very brief.

"The Burning of the Books, 10 May 1933." Several angles of big bonfire in front of the university in Berlin, into which books are tossed. Joseph Goebbels addresses the crowd; speech re. the ending of Jewish domination of German intellectual life. Narration in German says that "un-German and immoral [undeutsch und unsittlich] books are being burned." After the speech, the gathered crowd, including SA men, sing -- natural sound, not very organized. (Tune of "Deutsch ist die Saar")

"Christening of New German Aircraft in Presence of Cabinet Members." (very brief, only title shows).


Film Title
The Nazi Plan
Duration
00:07:31
Date
Event:  1933
Locale
Berlin, Germany
Language
German
Genre/Form
Documentary.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Director: E. R. Kellogg
Compiler: James B. Donovan
Biography
United States Navy Lieutenant E. R. Kellogg certifies motion pictures of Nazi concentration camps in an affidavit presented in the "Nazi Concentration Camps" film by the Americans as evidence during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Kellogg had expertise in motion picture and photographic techniques through his employment with Twentieth Century Fox Studios in California from 1929 to 1941. He attests that he has thoroughly examined the concentration camp liberation films of the Army Signal Corps and found them to be unaltered, genuine, and true copies of the originals in the U.S. Army Signal Corps vaults.
James B. Donovan. United States Navy Commander. Associate Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, where he coordinated and presented all Nazi films at the trials. General Counsel to OSS. Negotiated the exchange of Bay of Pigs prisoners with Fidel Castro as an independent lawyer under backdrop of the missile crisis, securing the freedom of nearly 10,000 people. Portrayed by Tom Hanks in "Bridge of Spies".
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Mixed
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the collection from various sources in 1988. Footage was obtained as research for the United States Holocaust Memorial Campaign's promotional video called "A Campaign to Remember" by David Haspel & Associates.
Note
See also Story 362a, Film ID 163 and Story 2445, Film ID 63 for some duplicate footage. See also Story 2445, Film ID 63 for duplicate footage. On the videotape master, this story runs from 04:35:13:00 to 04:41:02:00.

"The Nazi Plan" was shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg on December 11, 1945. It was compiled by Budd Schulberg and other military personnel, under the supervision of Navy Commander James Donovan. The compilers took pains to use only German source material, including official newsreels and other German films (1919-45). It was put together for the US Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality and the US Office of the Chief Counsel for War Crimes. The film was received in evidence as IMT exhibit USA-167.

Summary from NARA story card (archive source number 238.1): "On the activities and policies of the National Socialist Party in Germany, 1921-1944, particularly as reflected in the speeches of Adolf Hitler. Shows much of the pagentry associated with the speeches. Consists of four parts: Part I: The rise of the NSDAP, 1921-1933 (reels 1-2); Part II: Acquiring totalitarian control of Germany, 1933-1935 (reels 3-8); Part III: Preparation for wars of aggression, 1935-1939 (reels 9-16); and Part IV: Wars of aggression, 1939-1944 (reels 17-22)."
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
David Haspel & Associates
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2909
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 8537 [excerpt]
Featured In
Nazi Propaganda (1 of 2 programs) - 4.13: Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - Audiovisual Monitors. Open. Open

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Public Domain
Conditions on Use
While this film is a production of the US government and is therefore in the public domain, it contains German newsreel footage, the rights to which are held by the German state archive (Bundesarchiv). Researchers should exercise caution when using newsreel clips from this film, and consider clearing copyright with the Bundesarchiv, especially if broadcast in Europe.

 
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