Cossack volunteers

Identifier
irn1004133
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.207.1
  • RG-60.4629
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Zentralfilmgesellschaft Ost, Berlin (Producer)
  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
  • Stepanoff (Director)

Scope and Content

LS of Cossack volunteers on horseback. They dismount and shoot at targets with cartoon drawings of Russian officers on them. Shot of Germans officers standing with men in Cossack dress. Cossacks gallop across a field with swords drawn. They use the swords to cut off the heads of mannequins in the shape of a Jew (wearing a Star of David on his chest) and Josef Stalin. CU of Stalin's head on the ground.

Note(s)

  • The Bundesarchiv record quotes a letter dated March 7, 1944 from the head of the Zentralfilmgesellschaft Ost to the Reich Ministry for Propaganda that says that the creation of the film had cost 70,000 RM but due to military circumstances there was not much chance of showing it in Russian-speaking areas. However, the writer says, the film is quite well-suited for showing to state-owned units and workers from the east (Ostarbeiter). This is a 49 meter long excerpt. The entire length of this film is 325 meters.

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.

Subjects

  • ANTISEMITISM
  • PROPAGANDA (ANTI-SOVIET)
  • CARICATURES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • PROPAGANDA (ANTI-JEWISH)
  • PROPAGANDA
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY

Places

  • , Unknown

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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