Jews and other POWs in Greece

Identifier
irn1004123
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.207.1
  • RG-60.4619
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

German troops in the port of Piraeus. Arms for the Germans are unloaded from ships. Aerial shot of POWs in a camp with 10,000 prisoners. CUs of prisoners, described by the narrator as "helpers" from all over the world that the English have impressed into service, and who are now happy that the war is over for them. CU on Indians, Arabs, and a native New Zealander. More shots of the men, focusing on various racial "types." Serbian troops, then prisoners who are identified as Jews who have emigrated and are now volunteers in the English army.

Note(s)

  • This excerpt is 56 meters long. The total length of this newsreel is 229 meters.

Subjects

  • JEWS
  • POWS (BRITISH)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • POWS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • POWS (YUGOSLAVIAN)

Places

  • , Greece
  • Piraeus, Greece

Genre

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