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Funeral and procession; ritual slaughter; synagogue

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.621.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4911 | Film ID: 2324

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    Funeral and procession; ritual slaughter; synagogue
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    Description
    Elaborate funeral: Body lying in state, many plantings and flowers, guards. Taking up the width of the street, the funeral procession includes Jewish police, rabbis in robes, horse-drawn hearse, mourners with banners. At cemetery, lowering casket, service, shots of mourners (three rabbis chanting, one woman completely draped in black). Microphone can be seen on left side, briefly, held above the mourners and grave markers, 01:59:24. Synagogue service: Worshippers pray. Torah is removed from the ark, men kiss it, then read from it. Shochet: In kosher style, kills chicken while woman watches (very dark interior). Jewish men at prayer: Man kisses and lays on tallit, winds on phylacteries, then davens (prays). VAR shots of orthodox men at prayer: Standing, draped in tallit, bowing (some CU). In prayer-study, group of younger orthodox men and boys (with earlocks, beards) pray across long table.
    Film Title
    Warsaw Ghetto R6
    Duration
    00:06:22
    Date
    Event:  1942 May
    Locale
    Warsaw, Poland
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University
    Contributor
    Producer: Propaganda Kompanie
    Subject: Menachaem Kipnis
    Biography
    German Wochenbericht of 19 May 1942 mentions the death of two prominent cultural figures in the Warsaw Ghetto - Menchaem Kipnis, writer and singer; and Herman Czerwinski, member of the Judenrat and arts correspondent for Gazeta Zydowska. The report indicates that everyone from the cultural world of the Warsaw Ghetto attended the funeral for Kipnis.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Propaganda.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Poor
    Time Code
    01:57:23:00 to 02:03:45:00
    Film Format
    • Master
      • Master 2324 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
      Master 2324 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
      Master 2324 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
      Master 2324 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    National Center for Jewish Film
    Conditions on Use
    Contact NCJF at pontius@brandeis.edu for permission to reproduce and use this film.

    Copyright Holder
    National Center for Jewish Film

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    Administrative Notes

    Legal Status
    Permanent Collection
    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this video collection from the National Center for Jewish Film for general reference in July 2000.
    Note
    See also Story 2519, Film ID 247 for an earlier transfer of the same NCJF master.
    Film Source
    National Center for Jewish Film
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5372
    Source Archive Number: Warsaw Ghetto R6
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:59:52
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