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Ukrainian bishops with Nazi officials

Film | Accession Number: 2009.357.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4883 | Film ID: 2888

Several Ukrainian bishops cross a courtyard. Once inside they are greeted by the German Nazi official, Waldemar Magunia, who shakes their hands. One of the bishops then reads a statement into a microphone. According to the narrator, their statement affirms their strong opposition to Bolshevism. MCU of one of the bishops and then Magunia. Magunia shakes the hand of the bishop who read the statement.

Film Title
Ufa Auslandstonwoche 662
Genre
Newsreel
Duration
00:00:52
Event Date
1944
Locale
Unknown
Language
Russian
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Transit Film
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About This Film

Production Date
1944 May
Contributor
Producer: UFA
Subject: Waldemar Magunia
Biography
During the war Waldemar Magunia was from August 1941 until January 1942 the chief of the German administration of the district of Bialystok and Erich Koch's deputy. From 1942 until 1944 he was the German civilian administrator of Kiev. After the war Magunia was a state representative in Oldenburg for the SRP (Socialist Reich Party) and he was one of their candidates for the Bundestag. He died in 1974 in Oldenburg.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
01:21:06:00 to 01:21:58:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2888 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2888 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • User
    • User 2888 Video: DVD
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the Imperial War Museum in October 2009.
Copied From
35mm comopt print
Film Source
Imperial War Museums
File Number
Legacy Database File: 5291
Source Archive Number: GWY 174 R1

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Transit Film
 
Record last modified: 2018-04-26 13:45:22
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