Opening of the Official Anti-semitic Campaign

Identifier
irn1000368
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.492.1
  • RG-60.0362B
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

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Biographical History

United States Navy Lieutenant E. R. Kellogg certifies motion pictures of Nazi concentration camps in an affidavit presented in the "Nazi Concentration Camps" film by the Americans as evidence during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Kellogg had expertise in motion picture and photographic techniques through his employment with Twentieth Century Fox Studios in California from 1929 to 1941. He attests that he has thoroughly examined the concentration camp liberation films of the Army Signal Corps and found them to be unaltered, genuine, and true copies of the originals in the U.S. Army Signal Corps vaults.

James B. Donovan. United States Navy Commander. Associate Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, where he coordinated and presented all Nazi films at the trials. General Counsel to OSS. Negotiated the exchange of Bay of Pigs prisoners with Fidel Castro as an independent lawyer under backdrop of the missile crisis, securing the freedom of nearly 10,000 people. Portrayed by Tom Hanks in "Bridge of Spies".

Scope and Content

"April 1, 1933, Opening of the Anti-Semitic Campaign." Goebbels addresses a cheering crowd. Trucks filled with Nazis move through the streets. Crowds fill streets of Berlin. On doorway the sign with skull: "Achtung Juden". On closed stores the sign "Jude" painted on window. Party members put up signs, hold back crowds, and sing in the streets. A huge crowd yelling "Heil" as Goebbels speaks re: the battle against Jews. Wide pan of the audience and Goebbels standing on a stage/balcony outdoors. Many SA men on a truck go through the streets with banners waving, shouting "Kauft nicht bei Juden." Crowd in front of a store where a Jewish star is being painted. "Achtung Juden" sign with death's head. Various shots of SA posting signs or wearing signs, crowds look on. The crowd chants together with SA men on truck, men on bicycles ride alongside holding onto truck.

Note(s)

  • See also Story 32, Film ID 5 and Story 2445, Film ID 63 for duplicate footage.

  • "The Nazi Plan" was shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg on December 11, 1945. It was compiled by Budd Schulberg and other military personnel, under the supervision of Navy Commander James Donovan. The compilers took pains to use only German source material, including official newsreels and other German films (1919-45). It was put together for the US Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality and the US Office of the Chief Counsel for War Crimes. The film was received in evidence as IMT exhibit USA-167. Summary from NARA story card (archive source number 238.1): "On the activities and policies of the National Socialist Party in Germany, 1921-1944, particularly as reflected in the speeches of Adolf Hitler. Shows much of the pagentry associated with the speeches. Consists of four parts: Part I: The rise of the NSDAP, 1921-1933 (reels 1-2); Part II: Acquiring totalitarian control of Germany, 1933-1935 (reels 3-8); Part III: Preparation for wars of aggression, 1935-1939 (reels 9-16); and Part IV: Wars of aggression, 1939-1944 (reels 17-22)."

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