Jewish religious service at Dachau

Identifier
irn1000759
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2017
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • David M. Eichhorn (Subject)
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
  • Bushweller (Camera Operator)

Scope and Content

(LIB 6553) First Jewish Religious Service, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. Seq: Unidentified civilian (rear view only) of European extraction speaks in English at the ceremony honoring the Jews who died as a result of Nazi persecution. CUs, Capt. Rabbi David Max Eichhorn, Jewish chaplain of the US XV Corps, officiates at services. The Captain speaks in Hebrew and English.

Note(s)

  • Additional documentation reporting Rabbi David Max Eichhorn's depiction of this religious service at Dachau located in USHMM departmental files.

Subjects

  • RELIGIOUS SERVICES
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
  • CEREMONIES
  • MEMORIALS
  • RELIGIOUS SERVICES (JEWISH)
  • RABBIS
  • DACHAU
  • CHAPLAINS
  • CIVILIANS

Places

  • Dachau, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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