Burial of Torah scrolls in Jewish cemetery in Łódź

Identifier
irn1002733
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.473.1
  • RG-60.3845
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Filmoteka Narodowa

Scope and Content

Religious ceremony in Jewish cemetery in Łódź. Gathering desecrated Torah scrolls on carts. Burial of Torah scrolls, prayer shawls, in ceremony. Brief shot of entrance to the Jewish cemetery. Weeping onlookers. Cantor singing. See Photo Archives worksheet number 09147 for a still of this event. Big warehouse filled with descrated scrolls. Men unrolling damaged scrolls. Seemingly unrelated footage of men in track uniforms running a race precedes the Łódź footage.

Note(s)

  • USHMM Betacam made from VHS copies provided by WFDiF.

Subjects

  • POLAND
  • RABBIS
  • JEWS
  • CEREMONIES
  • CARTS/WAGONS
  • CANTORS
  • TORAH SCROLLS
  • CEMETERIES
  • GATES
  • BURIALS
  • GRAVES

Places

  • Łódź [Litzmannstadt], Poland

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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