Overview
- 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
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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 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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- 2024-02-21 08:07:56
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