Poster of Schuschnigg
Creator(s)
- Österreichisches Filmmuseum
- Walter Nitsche (Camera Operator)
Biographical History
At the time of the Anschluss, Walter Nitsche was 20 years old and a student at the Höhere Staats-Gewerbeschule at Schellinggasse 13 in Vienna's 1st district. He graduated from school in June 1938 and shortly thereafter took up a job as a local construction supervisor at the "Road Administration of the Province of Lower Austria." At the end of November 1938, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. Walter Nitsche became an American prisoner of war in 1944, from which he was released on June 1, 1946. It is unlikely that Nitsche was a member of the NSDAP or one of its sub-organizations. Research in this regard in archives and private documents was fruitless and nothing is known about this within the family.
Scope and Content
March (probably very early after the Anschluss). Single shot of a sign with Chancellor Schuschnigg portrait and "JA" (etched or stencil-painted?) and partially scratched off. All the Staendestaat propaganda was removed (often by forcing Jews) after March 12.
Note(s)
See also similar scenes in Baker footage RG-60.4553 dated March 11.
Subjects
- SCHUSCHNIGG, KURT VON
- ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA)
- SIGNS/POSTERS
Places
- Vienna, Austria
Genre
- Film
- Amateur.