Overview
- Description
- A Slovak newsreel shows Frick, Stuckart, and Globke with leaders of the collaborationist government of Slovakia. Globke is held responsible for the enactment of anti-Jewish measures (Judenkodex) in that country. Footage of the deportation by train of the Jews of Warsaw. Shots of sumptious meals that Globke might have eaten interspersed with footage of liberated women prisoners in the barracks at Auschwitz, containers of Zyklon B, and the death train at Dachau. Still photographs of the Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz; women waiting to be executed on the beach at Liepaja, Latvia, and in Mizocz, Ukraine. The narrator points out Globke's hypocrisy as he claims to be a devout Christian.
- Film Title
-
Aktion J
- Duration
- 00:06:34
- Date
-
Production:
1961
- Locale
-
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw, Poland
Ukraine
Dachau, Germany
Auschwitz, Poland
Libau [Liepaja], Latvia
- 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
- 01:12:20:00 to 01:18:54:00
- 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
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: 3266
Source Archive Number: NP 03966 R10 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:07:58
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