German TV documentary film on antisemitism (reel 8)

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.359.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3318 | Film ID: 2506B

Overview

Description: Turning to the West Front, the narrator says that Globke worked with the Alsatian "fifth column" against France. The leader of the Alsatian Nazis was Karl Roos, who was executed by the French in February 1940. A photogaph shows Frick with Globke, Stuckart, and others among a group of Alsatian Nazis who had been confederates of Roos. Footage of Hitler arriving at the train car at Compiegne (surrender of France). Globke earns another medal for his service in France. Imposition of the anti-Jewish measures in France and Holland. A quotation from a survivor over footage of the Warsaw ghetto (street scenes, interiors with indigent children, thin, naked men in the baths, corpses buried in mass graves).
Film Title: Aktion J
Duration: 00:09:19
Date: Production: 1961
Locale: Germany
Warsaw, Poland
Compiegne, France
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunk
Contributor: Director: Walter Heynowski
Producer: Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)

Language: German
Genre/Form: Documentary.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 00:54:09:00 to 01:03:28:00
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 2506B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2506B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2506B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2506B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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

Keyword: FRANCE GLOBKE, HANS HITLER, ADOLF NAZI OFFICIALS NEWSPAPERS PROPAGANDA TRAINS WARSAW GHETTO

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: 3264
Source Archive Number: NP 03966 R8
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive