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Alfred Rossner and other managers at work behind-the-scenes

Film | Digitized | RG Number: RG-60.1798 | Film ID: 4172

Overview

Description: “1942” Alfred Rossner, the SS-appointed German manager of a textile factory in Bedzin, Poland, answers the phone at his desk and writes down some notes. Rossner protected and saved some Jewish workers and has been named a "Righteous Gentile" by Yad Vashem. 00:37 Mr. Rossner rides on the back of a horse-drawn carriage on a country road, smokes a cigarette and looks out towards a field and back at the camera. Slow pan of the carriage and horse.

01:05 Jewish men at work in an office, filing papers and logging data in a notebook, CUs of man with Jude star. CU, woman at work, writing. Another Jewish man smokes a cigarette and talks on the phone. MS, pan, several people sort currency and work papers; workers sign to receive payment. Pan of a group of young people with stars of David, arms linked and smiling for the camera.
Duration: 00:02:40
Date: Event: 1942
Locale: Bedzin, Poland
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Yad Vashem Archives
Contributor: Subject: Alfred Rossner
Biography: The SS-appointed German manager of a textile factory, Alfred Rossner, protected and saved some Jewish workers and has been named a "Righteous Gentile" by Yad Vashem. For more information about Alfred Rossner, see the chapter in Mordechai Paldiel's book "Saving the Jews: Amazing Stories of Men and Women who Defied the 'Final Solution'" (2000).

Physical Details

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 00:00:00:00 to 00:02:40:00
Film Format: Master
Master 4172 Digital: MPEG2 - b&w - silent - SD
Master 4172 Digital: MPEG2 - b&w - silent - SD
Master 4172 Digital: MPEG2 - b&w - silent - SD
Master 4172 Digital: MPEG2 - b&w - silent - SD

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright: Yad Vashem
Conditions on Use: Contact Yad Vashem Archives at ref@yadvashem.org.il for permission to reproduce and use this film footage.
Copyright Holder: Yad Vashem

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: FACTORIES FORCED LABOR GERMANS HORSES OFFICES POLAND RESCUERS/RESCUE WORKERS

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: In process
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of this film from Yad Vashem in 2011.
Note: For more information about Alfred Rossner, see the chapter in Mordechai Paldiel's book "Saving the Jews: Amazing Stories of Men and Women who Defied the 'Final Solution'" (2000).
Film Source: Yad Vashem
Esther Nir
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 08:05:38
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