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German TV documentary film on antisemitism (reel 4)

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.359.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3313 | Film ID: 2506A

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    German TV documentary film on antisemitism (reel 4)
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    Description
    Close-up of the Nuremberg Laws, as published in the Volkischer Beobachter. Aerial shots of rows and rows of tents at the Reich Party Day are followed by aerial shots of rows and rows of barracks at Auschwitz. Staged scene of a Nazi judge sentencing to death a Jew who violated the Nuremberg Laws. Biographical information on Wilhelm Stuckart, a Wannsee conference participant and his connection to Globke: they co-authored a commentary on the racial laws. Quick shots of Nazi judge Roland Freisler presiding at the trial of the 20th of July plotters. Bookburning scenes and post-liberation scenes of corpses, while the narrator quotes Heinrich Heine. Street scenes followed by mention of paragraph 5 of the Nuremberg Laws, the paragraph that defines who is a Jew. Shot from the well-known footage showing a Nazi threatening an old lady with a whip. Shots of young children in an orphanage. The narrator asserts Globke's involvement in the case of a Jewish couple who had adopted a non-Jewish child. Globke rejected the written plea of the adoptive parents and the child was taken from them. The parents were both later gassed in Majdanek. The scenes include postwar shots of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, a West German town where the family lived, demonstrating that the East German filmmakers had the ability to film in West Germany or worked with West German cameramen.
    Film Title
    Aktion J
    Duration
    00:07:34
    Date
    Production:  1961
    Locale
    Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunk
    Contributor
    Director: Walter Heynowski
    Producer: Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Documentary.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    00:24:32:00 to 00:32:06:00
    Film Format
    • Master
      • Master 2506 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
      Master 2506 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
      Master 2506 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
      Master 2506 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
    • Preservation
      • Preservation 2506A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2506A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2506A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2506A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv
    Conditions on Use
    For permissions and licensing, contact Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv at infoservice@dra.de

    Copyright Holder
    Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Legal Status
    Permanent Collection
    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany in January 2001 for possible use in the Museum's special exhibition "Deadly Medicine.".
    Note
    Other credits: Music: Hanns Eisler; Narration: Wolfgang Heinz, Herwart Grosse; Distributor: Progress Film-Vertrieb VEB. First broadcast: April 19, 1961.
    See Stories 3310 through 3323 on Film IDs 2506A and 2506B for entire film "Aktion J." Consult departmental files for a complete description of the individual reels (in German).

    Film summary: An East German propaganda film showing original documents, photographs, and witness accounts which portray the career of Hans Globke, former state secretary in the Bundeskanzleramt under Konrad Adenauer's leadership. As commentator and co-writer of the Nuremberg laws, Globke played a significant role in propagating and disseminating the antisemitic decree. This film asserts his responsibility for the Holocaust and emphasizes his outstanding political role in West Germany.
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 3259
    Source Archive Number: NP 03966 R4
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:07:56
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