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Jewish service at Dachau; inmate interview

Film | Accession Number: 1991.258.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0123 | Film ID: 230

(LIB 6554) First Religious Services, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. Full screen view, crowd listening to services and voices of women singing "God Bless America" in English. MSs, various flags of Allied nations (US, Belgium, Spain, UK, USSR) flying from staffs held by attendants. CU, Belgian flag with "Dachau" written across center. LS, congregation singing "Hatikvah", the Jewish national anthem. A Hebrew prayer is read by a Rabbi David Max Eichhorn.

Inmate Interview, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. MSs, Dr. Hussarek, a Czech prisoner, speaks in English of his experience in the various Nazi camps.


Duration
00:11:11
Date
Event:  1945 May 05
Locale
Dachau, Germany
Language
English
Hebrew
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: Bushweller
Subject: David M. Eichhorn
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
01:00:13:00 to 01:11:24:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 230 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 230 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 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in December 1991. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
Note
With Sound. See Film ID 152 for duplicate footage without sound.
Additional documentation reporting Rabbi David Max Eichhorn's depiction of this religious service at Dachau located in USHMM departmental files.
USHMM replaced the online streaming video with a file from NARA (digitized Digital Betacam tape) in August 2019.
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2442
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4614
Featured In
Holocaust Encyclopedia - Historical Film Footage: Jewish religious service at Dachau - Featured Use

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain.
 
Record last modified: 2020-08-04 09:19:32
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