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  1. Nazi propaganda film about Theresienstadt / Terezin

    Excerpt of well-known propaganda film made by the Nazis to show the International Red Cross and others that they were not mistreating Jews in the "ghettos." Documentary footage depicts the life of Jews in the ghetto of Theresienstadt [Terezin] in Czechoslovakia as harmonious and joyful. They wear yellow stars on their civilian clothing but are euphemistically called residents ["Bewohner"] instead of inmates. They look well-dressed and well-fed and keep smiling. No SS guards or other armed Germans are shown. Shots include: men and women work contentedly on farm, in factories, making pottery ...

  2. Burial at Belsen on the 9th day after liberation

    SS men unload bodies from truck onto the shoulders of others who carry them to grave. Civilians and local officials watching. CU, bodies. Camera follows man with extremely emaciated female corpse slung over his shoulders. Dr. Klein picks up decaying body off of truck and expresses disgust. Full truck of corpses, one by one carried to ditch. Cameraman, Sgt. Lewis of the Army Film and Photo section, visible. Exhausted SS men continue carrying bodies one by one to ditch. CUs of emaciated bodies slung over shoulders of SS detail, camera follows men carrying bodies and focuses on various body pa...

  3. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 5 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

  4. Czechs refugees leave Sudetenland

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 10, No. 711, Part 2B. Release date, 10/11/1938. Czechs take all goods with them as they flee Sudetenland. Soldiers milling around, a few well-dressed civilians with hats stand. Soldiers check identification papers. Wrecked trucks, soldier points to bullet hole in chassis. MLS, MS truck on street piled high with furniture. CU (quick) woman in car, old man behind her. Seated, LS from above. Crowds, one group marches/walks. Czechs fleeing Sudetenland. Other parts of the newsreel include: 01:39:31 Fort Riley, Kan "Cavalry tests its new 'Iron Horses' in demonstration" 01...

  5. Industry shots

    Industry/factory shots. Enormous machinery hangs from track near ceiling of room, slides across clerestory windows on wheels. Enormous furnace spewing sparks. VCU of equipment, workers. LS, spewing sparks, workers in silhouette. Hamburg workers parade through the street. Streamers everywhere. Arrival of Hungarian Prime Minister envoy Paul Teleki and Foreign Minister Stefan Csaky in Rome.

  6. Belsen immediately after liberation

    Overturned truck burning (same trucks which carried corpses in earlier shots) - Sgt. Lewis writes it was necessary to burn the wagon in order to "prevent any danger of Typhus spreading". British soldier gives cigarette to female survivor; he sits in jeep. View of mass grave over right shoulder of (Father?) Morrison. Profile of Jewish priest Reverend L.H. Hardman. MS of Father Morrison and Father Kadziolka, a Polish priest in civilian clothing, as they stand by grave and perform ceremony. Barbed wire in background. MCU, survivor seated, looking off in distance. VAR CUs of male survivors, sam...

  7. Warsaw Ghetto; Jewish boys in ghetto prison

    Jewish boys being herded out of the ghetto prison. CUs of emaciated boys crowded in a prison cell.

  8. Hitler at outdoor rally

    People arriving at outdoor site of Hitler speech, handed Nazi flags. SA with Nazi banners part left and right through crowd. Hitler greeted by crowd waving swastika banners. Hitler speaks. Crowd.

  9. Passport and visas of Julien Bryan

    CU of Julien Bryan's USA passport, hands turning pages. Address and personal information revealed: 19 Perry Street NY, 05/23/1899, 5'10 1/2". Parents: (SS Bryan) Titusville, PA, Julien Hequembourg Bryan. VCUs of stamps in passport indicating places and dates traveled to: Estonia 1937; England, 06/25/37; Romania, 02/38; Finland 1936, 1937; Poland, 1934?; USSR, 1936; Italy. Additional pages.

  10. Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg, 1937

    Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg main square, crowds. Nazi banners decorate town square, Nazi leaders and officials present. Swastika banners are hanging from every window, people watching from windows looking onto the square. Marching units enter square, march past and salute. Crowds including large numbers of SS and SA men, cameras on tripods among them, gathered as Hitler arrives, walks past quite close. Hitler seen against cobblestones, CS, saluting in direction of camera; military and SS men in BG. CS profile of people giving Nazi salute. LS Hitler standing in car, taking salute as units ma...

  11. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 10 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

  12. Oath-swearing

    Rudolf Hess arrives at Koenigsplatz in open car, through crowds. Massive columns of Koenigsplatz seen behind soldiers. MLS on platform, crowded with other officials. Hess leading oath: "Ich schwoere Adolf Hitler, unverbrechliche Treue..." Crowd repeats. VAR views of crowds, buildings decorated with garlands, flags, swastikas with eagles, torches, etc. (grainy). High LS of memorial with huge torchlights burning.

  13. A Holocaust survivor returns to Bergen Belsen 20 years later

    Notes from the NFB/ONF online catalog: A Jewish Holocaust survivor takes a holiday from his glazier's shop to join an emotional pilgrimage to Bergen-Belsen. In traveling through new Germany, this man remembers. Scenes still vivid in his mind are recalled in flashback. The memorandum was Hitler's dealing with the solution to the "Jewish problem."

  14. Civilians/POWs arrested

    Simple country houses, white-washed fences. Some arrests in track area of railroad station. According to BA paper records: Arrests of Serbian soldiers in Northern Greece.

  15. Woodworking class at trade school

    Adolescent boys at Zinnowaldschule: in white lab coats in woodworking shop with a few adult instructors present. Boys working on assembling wood for model airplanes. CU blond boy measuring wingspan; CU very earnest looking boys studying the plans on paper.

  16. Oral history interview with Mr. Toledano

  17. Hitler renews bid for power

    Title: "Hitler Renews His Bid for Power - At Lustgarten in Berlin Nazi leader begins fierce campaign to supplant aged Hindenburg." Cars drive through huge crowds as Hitler arrives at Lustgarten. Hitler stand on the balcony preparing to speak - he steps forward and pats the cheek of a young girl, who gives him a Sieg Heil salute in return. Two young men step forward holding "Deutschland Erwache" banners. The point of view switches to that of the crowd facing the Lustgarten. Close up profile of Hitler starting his speech switches to a wider shot. Shot switches back to crowd giving the salute,...

  18. Marketplace

    VAR shots of marketplace on Sunday. Families. Open air food stands with banners heralding wares. People dressed for church, buying goods. CU, mother and son. Many men in Lederhoesen; groups of men, big moustaches, Tyrolean hats, smoking, smiling. Local artist at work, carving in Oberammergau, Germany; scene of the Last Supper; Nativity figures. More shots of churchyard and door, people entering.

  19. Scheunenviertl (a Jewish section), Berlin, ca. 1938 or earlier

    VAR shots of Oranienburg Synagogue, arches, dome, Hebrew writing. Brief but good shots of the Scheunenviertl of Berlin, small shops, including Jewish bookstore "Hebraische Buchandlung, M. Gonzer." Orthodox Jewish pedestrians (men). "Sally Rosner" store. Shots of Reichstag.

  20. Burial at Belsen

    LS (very jumpy at first) of scattered bodies, Nazis push two truckloads through field while British troops urge them on. Nazis look very haggard. MS to female SS in trailer, followed by a trailer with British troops. Crowd of women ex-prisoners gathered, clapping, rush after Nazis, angry. MLS of bulldozer digging communal grave. Lorry passes with female SS and accompanying British guard. SS women unload corpses from truck and carry bodies to edge of communal grave where they are dropped in. Male SS doing the same at the other end of the grave. MS of women carrying and swinging corpses into ...