Stills of Romanian fascist atrocities; pogrom

Identifier
irn1002158
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.494.1
  • RG-60.0467
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Arhiva Nationala de Filme

Scope and Content

A film showing photographs of Romanian fascist atrocities. Intertitle reads, POGROMUL DE LA BUCURESTI. Document, 2? January 1941 (text in French). Photographic stills illustrate atrocities, mangled faces, corpses, portraits. VAR images of devastation. Talmud/Torah. INT, destruction of synagogue, chairs, debris, rubble. CUs, documents with Jewish names. 01:10:56 Document, 29-30 June 1941 (text in French). More stills of atrocities. Corpses dead in the streets. Some images include soldiers and civilians. Corpses lined in fields. CU, document (text in French). More corpses. Trial stills. Preparing victims for death. Corpses.

Note(s)

  • The Director of the Romanian Film Archive claims this footage is "propaganda that contains military and civilian victims involved in atrocious street fights between the Romanian Army and the Soviet Army and armed fanatic civilian communists."

Subjects

  • PHOTOGRAPHS
  • SYNAGOGUES
  • DESTRUCTION
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • ATROCITIES
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • RUINS
  • JEWS
  • FASCISTS
  • ROMANIA
  • PROPAGANDA
  • TRIALS
  • TORAH SCROLLS
  • CORPSES
  • POGROMS
  • CIVILIANS

Places

  • Bucharest, Romania

Genre

  • Documentary.
  • Film
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