German TV documentary film on antisemitism (reel 11)

Identifier
irn1002508
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.359.1
  • RG-60.3321
Dates
1 Jan 1961 - 31 Dec 1961
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
  • Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF) (Producer)
  • Walter Heynowski (Director)

Scope and Content

Jews being loaded onto trains in Warsaw as the narrator reads a quote from Globke: "The Jew is a foreign body in all European lands." Still photographs of Himmler visiting Auschwitz. Footage of present-day West German politicians. Himmler becomes Globke's boss and assigns him certain responibilities in other countries, including Italy (footage of Mussolini, Italian troops) and Greece (Globke's connection to foiling the efforts of the Red Cross to rescue the Jews of Salonika). Audio interview with Max Merten, a Nazi who was stationed in Greece and now lives in West Germany, after serving a long prison term. Yet another area of Globke's responsibility was the office that monitored "Personenstandsangelegenheiten" (marital status, births, death). Marriages between German men and foreign women was forbidden.

Note(s)

  • Other credits: Music: Hanns Eisler; Narration: Wolfgang Heinz, Herwart Grosse; Distributor: Progress Film-Vertrieb VEB. First broadcast: April 19, 1961. See Stories 3310 through 3323 on Film IDs 2506A and 2506B for entire film "Aktion J." Consult departmental files for a complete description of the individual reels (in German).

  • Film Summary: An East German propaganda film showing original documents, photographs, and witness accounts which portray the career of Hans Globke, former state secretary in the Bundeskanzleramt under Konrad Adenauer's leadership. As commentator and co-writer of the Nuremberg laws, Globke played a significant role in propagating and disseminating the antisemitic decree. This film asserts his responsibility for the Holocaust and emphasizes his outstanding political role in West Germany.

Subjects

  • GLOBKE, HANS
  • AUSCHWITZ
  • ITALY
  • DEPORTATIONS
  • PROPAGANDA
  • HIMMLER, HEINRICH
  • NAZI OFFICIALS

Places

  • Warsaw, Poland
  • , Italy
  • , Germany
  • Auschwitz, Poland

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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