Refugees; Einstein; Belsen liberation

Identifier
irn1001479
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.184.1
  • RG-60.0358
Dates
1 Jan 1981 - 31 Dec 1981
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • David Haspel & Associates
  • Wiesenthal Center (Producer)

Scope and Content

Excerpt from "Genocide" documentary film. Still photos and archival footage fade into one another. Immigration. Refugees. Einstein on boat. 06:21 Chamberlain. Boycott. Newspaper headlines. Kristallnacht (the audio recording of C. Brook Peters reporting the events of Kristallnacht was recreated for the film - it is NOT an original radio broadcast) Destruction of synagogues. Newspaper headlines. Propaganda posters. 06:22:55 Einsatzgruppen murder (long, graphic). Military trucks, peasants. Mass graves at Belsen, bulldozers. German civilians forced to confront atrocities. Other parts of the film may be recreations.*

Note(s)

  • Excerpt, starting from 20 minutes into the documentary. USHMM Wild Collection contains entire film "Genocide" with narration.

  • The Wiesenthal Center produced the Academy Award-winning documentary "Genocide" in 1981. It is narrated by Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Welles and introduced by Simon Wiesenthal.

Subjects

  • BERGEN-BELSEN
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • DESTRUCTION
  • EINSATZGRUPPEN
  • BOYCOTTS
  • EINSTEIN, ALBERT
  • ANTISEMITISM
  • NEWSPAPERS
  • CORPSES
  • REFUGEES
  • MASS GRAVES
  • ATROCITIES

Places

  • Belsen, Germany
  • , Germany

Genre

  • Documentary.
  • Film
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