Burning of Buehl Synagogue

Identifier
irn1002446
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.354.1
  • RG-60.3209
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Amateur 8mm footage shot in 1938 by someone living in Buehl. Brief CU of members of a marching band, in uniform, preparing to play. Another brief shot depicting people rowing across a lake. The synagogue in Buehl burning on Kristallnacht. MCUs windows with flames and smoke coming out. VS of civilians and onlookers, local firemen and police in uniform, one woman runs across the street. Activity in the street, a pushcart moves in and out of the frame. MS, fireman on ladder with hose, positioned at the building next to the synagogue, spraying the roof of the adjacent building. Low angle CU of roof on fire and smoke billowing into the sky.

Note(s)

  • A new copy was ordered in November 2008 for the USHMM's special exhibit on propaganda.

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