Burial of Torah scrolls in Jewish cemetery in Łódź
Overview
- Description
- Religious ceremony in Jewish cemetery in Łódź.
Gathering desecrated Torah scrolls on carts. Burial of Torah scrolls, prayer shawls, in ceremony. Brief shot of entrance to the Jewish cemetery. Weeping onlookers. Cantor singing. See Photo Archives worksheet number 09147 for a still of this event. Big warehouse filled with descrated scrolls. Men unrolling damaged scrolls. Seemingly unrelated footage of men in track uniforms running a race precedes the Łódź footage. - Duration
- 00:05:17
- Date
-
Event:
1945
- Locale
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Łódź [Litzmannstadt],
Poland
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Filmoteka Narodowa
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 00:19:50:00 to 00:25:07:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2662 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2662 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2662 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2662 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL- Preservation
Preservation 2662 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2662 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2662 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2662 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- User
User 2662 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch
User 2662 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch
User 2662 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch
User 2662 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- Filmoteka Narodowa
- Conditions on Use
- Contact FINA customer service team at dokument@fina.gov.pl for permission to reproduce and use this film.
- Copyright Holder
- Filmoteka Narodowa
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this footage from WFDiF (Documentary and Feature Film Studio, Film Archive) in Warsaw, Poland in June 2003.
- Note
- USHMM Betacam made from VHS copies provided by WFDiF.
- Film Source
- Filmoteka Narodowa
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4018
Source Archive Number: N.poz. 188 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:56:23
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1002733
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