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Deportation of the last Jews of Bruchsal, October 1940

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.415.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1354 | Film ID: 2939

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    Deportation of the last Jews of Bruchsal, October 1940
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    Description
    Title onscreen: "Bruchsal Judenfrei! Die letzten Juden verlassen Bruchsal, 18 Oktober 1940" [Bruchsal free of Jews! The last Jews leave Bruchsal, October 18, 1940] A line of Jews, wearing warm clothing and carrying suitcases and bags, files past the camera, including Marcus Rosenberg and his son Leo Rosenberg and Edith [Loeb] Leuchter and her mother, Julie. They are guarded by uniformed Germans, including police. Many people in civilian clothes stand in the background, watching the deportation. Uniformed Germans follow behind the last of the Jews. The last Jews of Bruchsal were deported to Gurs in France in October 1940.
    Duration
    00:01:10
    Date
    Event:  10/18/1940
    Locale
    Bruchsal, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stadt Bruchsal Stadtarchiv
    Contributor
    Subject: Leo Rosenberg
    Subject: Edith L. Leuchter
    Biography
    Leo Rosenberg and his father, Marcus Rosenberg, appear in the Bruchsal deportation film footage. The Rosenberg family lived at 37 Holzmarkt (aka 37 AdolfHitlerPlatz) in Bruchsal according to the 1939 Minorities Census for Bruchsal (Reel 6 of RG14.013M in the USHMM Archives). Josef Michael Rosenberg (10 years older than Leo) had already left Bruchsal for the UK on a Kindertransport. Leo (age 86) now lives in London.
    Edith [Loeb] Leuchter, her mother, Julie, and her grandmother were deported from Bruchsal, Germany in October 1940 to Gurs, France. Edith went into hiding in France. Julie was killed at Auschwitz.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:29:25:00 to 01:30:35:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2939 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
      Master 2939 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
      Master 2939 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
      Master 2939 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2939 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2939 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2939 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2939 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • User
    • User 2939 Video: DVD
      User 2939 Video: DVD
      User 2939 Video: DVD
      User 2939 Video: DVD

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    Stadt Bruchsal Stadtarchiv
    Conditions on Use
    For permission to use this footage, contact Stadt Bruchsal Stadtarchiv via Thomas.Moos@Bruchsal.de.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a videocassette from the Stadtarchiv Bruchsal via Spiegel TV in October 2011.
    Note
    Leo Rosenberg is the 7 year old boy at the end of the film walking alongside his father, Marcus Rosenberg. Leo (age 86) now lives in London. Refer to "Juden Unserer Heimat" by Willy Messmer (page 185) for more information.
    Film Source
    Stadt Bruchsal Stadtarchiv
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5561
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:09
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