Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Filmstrip titled 5000 Jahre Germanentum [5000 Years of the German race] with 38 images produced to train and educate Hitler Youth group members about the greatness and superiority of the German race. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s, Bildband fur die Schulung in der HJ [Filmstrip for Training in the Hitler Youth]. The filmstrips were distributed to local Hitler Youth chapters to show at gatherings and to use as propaganda to recruit members and disseminate the teachings of the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
- Artwork Title
- 5000 Jahre Germanentum [5000 Years of the German race]
- Series Title
- Bildband fur die Schulung in der HJ [Filmstrip for Training in the Hitler Youth]
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1936-approximately 1940
- Geography
-
creation:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stephen Glick
- Contributor
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Producer:
Reichsjugendfuhrung Presse- und Propagandaamt
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Category
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Audio-visual materials
- Object Type
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Filmstrips (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Rolled 35mm filmstrip with 38 black and white transparencies
b. Short, gray cardboard tube open at the top with a brown cardboard sleeve inside. The sides curve under at the bottom edge to secure a white round bottom cardboard insert. A white paper label with preprinted text is taped to the side.
c. Circular gray cardboard lid with the Hitler Youth emblem, a swastika within a red and white diamond, and German text around the edge printed on the top. - Dimensions
- b: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Diameter: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
c: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) - Materials
- a : cellulose acetate, emulsion
b : cardboard, paper, pressure-sensitive tape, ink
c : cardboard, ink - Inscription
- b. on white label, black ink : 5000 JAHRE GERMANENTUM [5000 Years of the German race]
c. exterior top, around border, black ink : Bildband für die Schulung in der HJ. [Filmstrip for Training in the Hitler Youth]
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The filmstrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Stephen Glick.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:07
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