Awards ceremonies featuring Axmann, Backe, Mutschmann, Funk, Ley
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- Deutsche Wochenschau (Producer)
Scope and Content
Nazi officials preside over awards ceremonies for youth and workers. Artur Axmann, who replaced Baldur von Schirach as leader of the Hitler Youth in 1940, speaks to a group of young women and men. Reichsminister Herbert Backe hands out certificates. Gauleiter Martin Mutschmann is also present. Another awards ceremony for workers features Robert Ley speaking at a podium. Reich Economy Minister Walther Funk presents the awards. Close-ups on some of the workers' faces. Nine men who have been named Pioneers of Labor (Pionere der Arbeit) by Hitler are congratulated by Ley.
Subjects
- LEY, ROBERT
- SPEECHES
- MUTSCHMANN, MARTIN
- DAF (DEUTSCHE ARBEITSFRONT)
- CEREMONIES
- GAULEITER
- LABOR
- AWARDS
- AXMANN, ARTUR
- GERMANY
- BDM (LEAGUE OF GERMAN GIRLS)
- FUNK, WALTHER
- BACKE, HERBERT
- HITLER YOUTH
- YOUTH GROUPS
Places
- , Germany
Genre
- Newsreels.
- Film
Copies
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