Hitler Marches into Purkersdorf; Field Exercises; Fundraising Campaign
Creator(s)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History
- Österreichisches Filmmuseum
Scope and Content
NSKK, part I. Caravan arrives in Purkersdorf, Austria. Driving through main street, passing retail shops and government. Well-dressed female onlookers and local men in uniforms. Official Nazi motorcade through streets: cars, trucks, tanks. Streets lined with people. Handmade “Adolf Hitler Platz“ sign. Rally in city center. NSKK, part II. Rural landscape, sheep grazing in field in Austria. Nazis in uniform. A group studies paperwork in field. Nazis in camoflauge train civilians how to load and shoot guns, march, crawl through grassy fields, hide in ditches, survey, study maps, etc. Airplanes fly above. Men march in unison on empty streets. Incendiary device is set off in a field. Nazis lunch outside farm house. NSKK, part III. "Spendenaktion" Swastika on plaque. Sign: “Inder Kampfzeit Schweren Tagen Hat Zum Seige beigetragen Diese Presse. Deine Spenden Helfen jetzt den seig vollenden“ Sign on parked truck: “Jedemwird auf der Druckprelle derillegalen Propagandaleitung der N.S.D.A.P in ofterreich. Ein Spendenlchein furs Kriegs M-h-M lofort gedruckt“ Nazis operate stamping machine on truck and print cards. They distribute food to women and young children and stamp cards. Soliciting funds, putting money in cans. Framed propaganda posters on truck: Hitler. Women and children watch a puppet show on the street. Military band plays as hundreds of Nazis parade through streets (in Vienna?). Spectators watch.
Note(s)
This film is featured in the Ephemeral Films Project: National Socialism in Austria. Watch the historic film through an innovative film player showing contemporary images, geographical mapping, and shot-level analysis at efilms.ushmm.org.
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film