Overview
- Description
- This "Sonderbericht der Deutschen Wochenschau" [Special report of the German weekly newsreel] starts on April 4, 1941 with footage of Goebbels addressing the German people via radio and von Ribbentrop delivering diplomatic letters to the ambassadors of Yugoslavia and Greece. Then soldiers, armored personal carriers, and tanks cross the Yugoslav border into Croatia from Styria, thus opening the Southeastern front of WWII after an alleged 'new provocation by the British.' German Stukas [dive fighters] and Italian warplanes fly over Greek mountains. Serbian fortresses and bunkers are captured, Serbian soldiers and defectors are taken prisoner, many of them wounded, whereas the Croatian and Slovenian population reportedly welcome the 'German liberators.' Villages are 'cleansed' from snipers and partisans, resistance is 'unrelentingly exterminated,' a 'captured Jewish officer' is shown. General Weichs is shown in uniform. The Slovenian city of Maribor is 'liberated,' while many Volksdeutsche [ethnic Germans] cheer. Nis (Serbia) is bombed by warplanes, the Iron Gates of the Danube are captured. The German army and Waffen-SS approach Belgrade from the Bulgarian border. After heavy shelling by warplanes, German troops invade Belgrade as the seat of the "Kriegsbrandstifter" [war incendiaries] on the Balkans. Special mention is given to the Gespensterdivision [army unit with a specter as symbol]. Most of the battle scenes were allegedly shot by Propagandakompanien [propaganda units of the army] following the soldiers closely into the fight.
- Film Title
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War in the Balkans
- Duration
- 00:16:05
- Date
-
Event:
1941 April 04
Production: 1941
- Locale
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Belgrade,
Yugoslavia
Berlin, Germany
Croatia
Bulgaria
Serbia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 03:38:30:00 to 03:54:35:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 28 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 28 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 28 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 28 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 28 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 28 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 28 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 28 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Rights & 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
- Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
- Copyright Holder
- Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- BATTLES BOMBINGS BORDERS/CROSSINGS CITIES CIVILIANS COLLABORATORS CROATIA DANUBE RIVER DIPLOMATS GERMAN OCCUPATION GERMANS GOEBBELS, JOSEPH GREECE INVASIONS LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE) MILITARY ADVANCES MOUNTAINS PARTISANS POWS PRISONERS PROPAGANDA (NAZI) RACIAL SCIENCE RADIOS RESISTERS/RESISTANCE RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON SERBS SOLDIERS/MILITARY SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SPEECHES TANKS VILLAGES VOLKSDEUTSCH WAFFEN SS WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY) WOUNDED YUGOSLAVIA
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Imperial War Museum in London in May 1995.
- Note
- Length of entire newsreel: 37 minutes
See Film and Video departmental files for additional documentation and a summary. See Story 891, Film ID 29 for more footage from this newsreel. Some scenes may be missing as there is an abrupt end. - Film Source
- Imperial War Museums
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2244
Source Archive Number: GWY 716 R1-2 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:55:03
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