Alfred Rossner and other managers at work behind-the-scenes

Identifier
irn543308
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-60.1798
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Biographical History

The SS-appointed German manager of a textile factory, Alfred Rossner, protected and saved some Jewish workers and has been named a "Righteous Gentile" by Yad Vashem. For more information about Alfred Rossner, see the chapter in Mordechai Paldiel's book "Saving the Jews: Amazing Stories of Men and Women who Defied the 'Final Solution'" (2000).

Scope and Content

“1942” Alfred Rossner, the SS-appointed German manager of a textile factory in Bedzin, Poland, answers the phone at his desk and writes down some notes. Rossner protected and saved some Jewish workers and has been named a "Righteous Gentile" by Yad Vashem. 00:37 Mr. Rossner rides on the back of a horse-drawn carriage on a country road, smokes a cigarette and looks out towards a field and back at the camera. Slow pan of the carriage and horse. 01:05 Jewish men at work in an office, filing papers and logging data in a notebook, CUs of man with Jude star. CU, woman at work, writing. Another Jewish man smokes a cigarette and talks on the phone. MS, pan, several people sort currency and work papers; workers sign to receive payment. Pan of a group of young people with stars of David, arms linked and smiling for the camera.

Note(s)

  • For more information about Alfred Rossner, see the chapter in Mordechai Paldiel's book "Saving the Jews: Amazing Stories of Men and Women who Defied the 'Final Solution'" (2000).

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