Serbian POWs and returning soldiers
Overview
- Description
- Color. Serbian POWs in a POW camp in Belgrade. The prisoners receive food and look at the camera suspiciously. CU of raggedly dressed civilians who have been taken prisoner. Returning Serbian soldiers look for their families.
- Duration
- 00:02:41
- Date
-
Event:
1941 April
- Locale
-
Belgrade,
Yugoslavia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Spiegel TV
- Contributor
-
Camera Operator:
Gottfried Kessel
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Excellent
- Time Code
- 01:21:24:00 to 01:24:05:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2840 Video: Digital Betacam - color - PAL - small
Master 2840 Video: Digital Betacam - color - PAL - small
Master 2840 Video: Digital Betacam - color - PAL - small
Master 2840 Video: Digital Betacam - color - PAL - small- Preservation
Preservation 2840 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2840 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2840 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2840 Video: Betacam SP - color - 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
- Spiegel TV
- Conditions on Use
- Contact Spiegel TV at ulrich_meyer@spiegel-tv.de for permission to reproduce and use this film.
- Copyright Holder
- Spiegel TV
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a video copy from Spiegel TV in June 2007.
- Note
- This film documents the action carried out by the Grossdeutschland regiment in reprisal for the killing of four German soldiers by unidentified snipers on April 18, 1941. Altogether 22 Serbian civilians were hanged in the Pancevo city cemetery, while 18 more were publicly shot against the cemetery wall by troops with the regiment.
The film is accompanied by Gottfried Kessel's commentary. Kessel was a Propaganda Kompanie (PK) cameraman attached to the Grossdeutschland regiment of the German army. - Film Source
- Spiegel TV
Ulrich Meyer - File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5114
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:05:43
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