Boycott of Jewish Businesses in Berlin

Identifier
irn1003426
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.740.1
  • RG-60.4020
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1933
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Biographical History

Deulig Film or Deutsche Lichtbild-Gesellschaft was a German film production and distribution company. It was established in 1916 by the German business tycoon and media mogul Alfred Hugenberg. The company's foundation, during the First World War, was intended to promote Germany's military cause but it also supported the commercial interests of several major industrial companies who backed the enterprise. The company developed a reputation for the production of short propaganda films and kulturfilms but also released feature films. In response to the company's success several rival industrial firms in alliance with the Deutsche Bank founded their own film company UFA in 1917, which in the decade that followed became Germany largest film enterprise. In 1927 when Hugenberg launched a successful takeover bid for UFA, the two companies merged. Deulig continued to release newsreels but was otherwise swallowed into the larger UFA conglomerate.

Scope and Content

The boycott of Jewish businesses in Berlin. [Rare views, not the oft-repeated scenes] Exterior scenes of Berlin streets, which, the narrator notes, are calm and orderly on the eve of the boycott. Scene opens on the "e v. Grunfeld" store; in the next scene shop names of "Rosenberg", others, are visible. Shot of "Leiser" store; heavy pedestrian traffic in the street, streetcars passing. Shot of "Kaufhaus des Westens," "Hermann Tietz" Sign in a window reads, in English and German: "Germans, defend yourself against Jewish atrocity propaganda!" People on the street, conscious of the camera. Closer view of Leiser store, with boycott signs visible in the windows. SA men crossing a street; patrolling in front of a shop, marching with signboards. Exterior of movie theater showing with a marquee advertising "Blutendes Deutschland" Der Film der Nationalen Erbhebung." [Bleeding Germany, the film of national uplift].

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