257th German Infantry in Galicia region
Overview
- Description
- Scenes filmed by Lieutenant Edgar Forsberg of the 257 German Infantry following the collapse of the Polish army on October 6, 1939. In the region of Galicja (near the border of Poland and the Ukraine), German officers from the 257th Infantry round Jewish civilians wearing white armbands into forced labor divisions in the town center. Galicja had a large Jewish population (about 800,000) living relatively peacefully amongst the larger Ukrainian and Polish populations in the 1930s. The women of Galicja buy and sell vegetables and other goods in the market. HAS of the crowded marketplace. Jewish and non-Jewish men and women sell and buy goods from stands and horse-drawn wagons. 10:03:32 A man shows off his pig for the camera. A woman scrubs a bowl by a stream in the countryside. A woman walks down a dusty road surrounded by quaint cottages and green trees, a truck full of German soldiers passes by.
- Duration
- 00:01:36
- Date
-
Event:
October? 1939
- Locale
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Poland
Ukraine
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Spiegel TV
- Contributor
-
Camera Operator:
Edgar Forsberg
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Amateur.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 10:02:36:00 to 10:04:12:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2944 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
Master 2944 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
Master 2944 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
Master 2944 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
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 - not accessioned
- Copied From
- 16mm
- Film Source
- Spiegel TV
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5596
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:03:52
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