Be Ready and Help Hitler Youth filmstrip, canister and lid on character building found by a US soldier

Identifier
irn43240
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.518.2 a-c
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

a: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)

b: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)

c: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Bernard M. Fishman was born on May 18, 1920, in Pennsylvania, to Jewish parents, Frank and Jennie Gordon Fishman. He had a younger sister, Elaine. He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father owned a dress factory where Bernard worked. He enlisted in the United States Army on March 21, 1942 and was assigned to the Warrant Officer Corps. He was deployed to the European Theater and was stationed in May 1945 in Ulm, Germany. He attained the rank of Lieutenant. Bernard married Mollie Moshen and the couple had two children. He passed away, age 87, on May 12, 2008.

Archival History

The filmstrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Bernard Fishman.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bernard M. Fishman

Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

Propaganda filmstrip with 33 images produced to train Hitler Youth in the ideals of service to the country. It was part of a set found by 25 year old Lieutenant Bernard M. Fishman in a German Army Engineers Officers Club in Ulm, Germany, circa May 1945. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit members and disseminate the teachings of the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939. Fishman enlisted in the United States Army in March 1942 and was assigned to the Warrant Officer's Corps. He was demobilized in 1945.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

a. Rolled 35mm filmstrip with 33 black and white transparencies. b. Short, gray cardboard tube open at the top with a brown cardboard sleeve inside. The sides curve under at the bottom edge to secure a white round bottom cardboard insert. A white paper label with preprinted text is taped around the bottom. c. Circular gray cardboard lid with top edges folded over to secure lid. The Hitler Youth emblem, a swastika within a red and white diamond, and German text around the edge are printed around the top.

b. underside, pencil : NEWS REEL /43658 b. underside, pen : NR 28 b. on attached label, black ink : Bereit Sein und Helfen Gd 2 [Be Ready and Help] c. top, pen : x / 2

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