German soldiers advance; Jewish forced labor
Creator(s)
- George R. Wheeler
Scope and Content
Map showing Minsk, Libau, Riga. The narrator announces that we are about to see the entry of the German army into Riga. German tanks and other vehicles driving through the streets of Riga. Destruction, destroyed Soviet vehicles, dead horses on the road. Good shot of terribly damaged and destroyed buildings and civilians walking in the streets. The narrator blames the destruction on the Soviets. Huge piles of rubble long shots of Jews at forced labor, removing rubble. Brief shot of someone drawing the scene on a sketchpad. Closer view of Jews at forced labor, including an older man wearing glasses. The narrator says that the lazy Jews were immediately put to work cleaning up. Jews with shovels hopping out of the back of a wooden-paneled truck. A German soldier walking amongst Jews, including religious Jews, who are at forced labor shoveling dirt. The soldier yells at the men. Religious Jews taking off their shirts and then working shirtless.
Note(s)
Original film canisters located in Museum offsite storage. Donor of the collection had no information as to the copyright status. The numbers found in the "Source Archive #" field of the USHMM database are the original German newsreel numbers and production dates, as found in Bucher, Peter. "Wochenschauen und Dokumentarfilme 1895-1950 im Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv" Koblenz: Bundesarchiv, 1984.
Subjects
- CORPSES
- CARTS/WAGONS
- LATVIA
- DESTRUCTION
- TANKS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- FORCED LABOR
- MAPS
- HORSES
- JEWS
- CHILDREN
- UNDRESSING
- RUBBLE
Places
- Riga, Latvia
- Libau [Liepaja], Latvia
- Minsk, Soviet Union
Genre
- Film
- Newsreels.