Two German girls from Burgsteinfurt, who laughed when they came out of the cinema showing a film about the concentration camps, are ordered back in to see the film again.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 45010

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Caption: Two German girls from Burgsteinfurt, who laughed when they came out of the cinema showing a film about the concentration camps, are ordered back in to see the film again.

Burgsteinfurt was called the "village of hate" in the B.L.A. magazine, "The Soldier," because of its silent but noticeable resentment of the British occupation. The military government began the screening of a documentary on the concentration camps on May 29. When few residents came voluntarily to view the film, the British military authorities ordered all 4,000 townsmen to attend showings. They were assembled and marched to the cinema, led by the Mayor and Captain A. Stirling, the District Assistant Provost Marshal.
Date: 1945 May 30
Locale: Burgsteinfurt, [North Rhine-Westphalia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Arnold Bauer Barach

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Arnold Bauer Barach

Source Record ID: Collections: 1989.27
Imperial War Museum

Copyright: Exclusively with source

Source Record ID: BU 7022

Keyword: ATROCITIES CONCENTRATION CAMPS FILMS FORCED CONFRONTATION GERMANS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH) THEATERS/CINEMAS
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Forced Confrontation