Funeral and procession; ritual slaughter; synagogue

Identifier
irn1004460
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.621.1
  • RG-60.4911
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Biographical History

German Wochenbericht of 19 May 1942 mentions the death of two prominent cultural figures in the Warsaw Ghetto - Menchaem Kipnis, writer and singer; and Herman Czerwinski, member of the Judenrat and arts correspondent for Gazeta Zydowska. The report indicates that everyone from the cultural world of the Warsaw Ghetto attended the funeral for Kipnis.

Scope and Content

Elaborate funeral: Body lying in state, many plantings and flowers, guards. Taking up the width of the street, the funeral procession includes Jewish police, rabbis in robes, horse-drawn hearse, mourners with banners. At cemetery, lowering casket, service, shots of mourners (three rabbis chanting, one woman completely draped in black). Microphone can be seen on left side, briefly, held above the mourners and grave markers, 01:59:24. Synagogue service: Worshippers pray. Torah is removed from the ark, men kiss it, then read from it. Shochet: In kosher style, kills chicken while woman watches (very dark interior). Jewish men at prayer: Man kisses and lays on tallit, winds on phylacteries, then davens (prays). VAR shots of orthodox men at prayer: Standing, draped in tallit, bowing (some CU). In prayer-study, group of younger orthodox men and boys (with earlocks, beards) pray across long table.

Note(s)

  • See also Story 2519, Film ID 247 for an earlier transfer of the same NCJF master.

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