History of Danzig and Volksdeutsch (anti-Polish propaganda)
Creator(s)
- UFA (Producer)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
Scope and Content
Map showing Germany, Russia, Austria. Poland appears on the map in black. Map showing the Free State of Danzig. The narrator lists the various abuses of sovereignty perpetrated by the Poles. Scenes of Danzig, including shots of Nazi flags flying and pro-German signs. Shots of Danzig harbor. Men of the Danzig SA fortifying a border crossing. A parade of marching troops of the Danzig SS-Heimwehr. Volksdeutsch refugees crossing a field with suitcases, fleeing "Polish terror." A sequence showing refugees arriving in the "protection of the Reich." They are provided with food, and give lengthy interviews about the abuse they have suffered at the hands of the Poles.
Subjects
- VOLKSDEUTSCH
- EATING
- POLAND
- FOOD
- PORTS
- MAPS
- BORDERS/CROSSINGS
- CHILDREN
- HARBORS
- SA (STURMABTEILUNG)
- SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL)
- PROPAGANDA
- PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
- PROPAGANDA (ANTI-POLISH)
- WOMEN
Places
- Danzig, Germany
- , Poland
Genre
- Newsreels.
- Film
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Bundesarchiv, Berlin-Lichterfelde (Abteilung Filmarchiv)