German occupation of Kharkov; daily life
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
Scope and Content
Soldiers in Kharkov, busy city street scene, marketplace, etc. German soldiers and military vehicles throughout. Shot of German women crossing street, probably nurses (they wear military uniforms and white caps). Signs in German, including "Soldatenheim." Germans and civilians in busy marketplace. German soldiers walk past a bedraggled Soviet soldier (?) sitting in the marketplace. One of the Germans asks for and is given the man's cigarette. German soldier talking with old man, who removes his hat and refuses the cigarette offered to him by the German -- the old man appears a bit crazy. POWs walk down dusty road, pushing wagon. Germans in a truck pass them in the opposite direction. Village life vignettes. Horse and cart, women chat, little boy. Two men with horse and cart, piled high with wares, walk down road. Children climbing on and playing on a German tank
Note(s)
Footage was NOT ORDERED by USHMM.
Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.
Subjects
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY)
- GERMAN OCCUPATION
- SOVIET UNION
- CARTS/WAGONS
- FIGHTING
- CIVILIANS
- STREETS
- WOMEN
- CHILDREN
- STREETCARS
- HORSES
- GERMANS
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- UKRAINIANS
- MARKETS
- USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
- POWS
- UKRAINE
Places
- Kharkov, Soviet Union
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film
Copies
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