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Refugees; Einstein; Belsen liberation

Film | Accession Number: 1988.184.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0358 | Film ID: 158

Excerpt from "Genocide" documentary film. Still photos and archival footage fade into one another. Immigration. Refugees. Einstein on boat. 06:21 Chamberlain. Boycott. Newspaper headlines. Kristallnacht (the audio recording of C. Brook Peters reporting the events of Kristallnacht was recreated for the film - it is NOT an original radio broadcast) Destruction of synagogues. Newspaper headlines. Propaganda posters. 06:22:55 Einsatzgruppen murder (long, graphic). Military trucks, peasants. Mass graves at Belsen, bulldozers. German civilians forced to confront atrocities.

***Other parts of the film may be recreations.****


Film Title
Genocide
Duration
00:04:10
Date
Production:  1981
Locale
Belsen, Germany
Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Documentary.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of David Haspel & Associates

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: Wiesenthal Center
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Mixed
Time Code
06:20:30:00 to 06:24:40:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 158 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 158 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 158 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 158 Video: One Inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 158 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 158 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 158 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 158 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
Excerpt, starting from 20 minutes into the documentary. USHMM Wild Collection contains entire film "Genocide" with narration.

The Wiesenthal Center produced the Academy Award-winning documentary "Genocide" in 1981. It is narrated by Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Welles and introduced by Simon Wiesenthal.
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
David Haspel & Associates
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2019

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use
This film contains German newsreel footage, the rights to which are held by the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv). Researchers should exercise caution when using newsreel clips from this film, and contact the Bundesarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to find out how to use this footage. The online request form is available at:
https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:02:28
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