Repression of Jews, beating, slave labor; Riga synagogue burning

Identifier
irn1002021
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.621.1
  • RG-60.2559
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • National Center for Jewish Film

Scope and Content

Man beaten, pushed around through crowd. German soldier, man pushed into unidentified building. VS, CUs of men's faces. Brief shot of road sign: "Achtung Baustelle". Men with picks, shovels, clearing area. 04:02:30 Subtitles: "Leniwi zydzii" [Lazy Jews] "zostah natychmiast zabrani do roboty" [have been taken immediately to work]. Men getting off trucks and carrying shovels/tools. German soldiers giving orders. Men taking off shirts, looking at camera, continue digging, picking up large rocks and moving them. 04:03:03 Subtitle translation: "Polish population delivers the Jewish 'agents'." Man hit over head, dragged away. Man dragged across the street, German soldier looking on. 04:03:14 Burning of synagogue in Riga, Latvia. Subtitle translation: "Synagogue in Riga survived, but after the G.P.U."

Note(s)

  • This segment consists of a series of poorly edited shots. It is not certain that all shots are originally from the same film or that they were originally constructed in this order.

Subjects

  • BEATINGS
  • TRUCKS
  • LATVIA
  • SYNAGOGUES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • UNIFORMS
  • FIRES
  • JEWS
  • POLAND
  • LABOR CAMPS
  • ROUNDUPS
  • FORCED LABOR
  • SHOVELS
  • CROWDS
  • PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
  • PROPAGANDA (ANTI-JEWISH)

Places

  • , Ukraine
  • Lviv (Lvov), Poland
  • Riga, Latvia

Genre

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