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Abstract
Voice-over text in German. The film tells about the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany in 1933-45. B / w c / t. PART ONE. Camp Sachsenhausen (Germany). An emaciated young Jew is lying on the bed, another Jew is crying on the bed. A Jewish man eats in a barrack. The inmate pours the soup from the tank into the bowls, which are handed to him by the inmates standing in line. Prisoners in the yard are eating a stew. Young prisoners push each other aside to get food from the barrel. The prisoners scoop out the remains of food from the barrel. A man with a spoon picks up a black liquid from the ground, eats. The inscription in German "BANO-DISIFECTION UNIT-II". (Poland, Treblinka concentration camp). A sign in German “PURITY IS A DEBT. THEREFORE, DO NOT FORGET TO WASH YOUR HANDS. " A pile of corpses of prisoners in the courtyard. A grimace of horror on the face of a dead man. The prisoners' belongings hang on a hanger. The door to the shower room opens. View of the room in which prisoners were gassed. Holes from which gas leaked. Cyclone asphyxiant gas cylinders. The faces of the Jews - concentration camp prisoners behind barbed wire. An emaciated concentration camp prisoner - a Jew with a naked torso reclining against the wall. Cr.pl. - the face of a young prisoner - a Jew. Emaciated prisoner - a Jewess lies against the wall. Hunted, emaciated children sit on the ground. The face of an emaciated young man. Prisoners in striped clothes leave the camp, sisters of mercy are carrying children, they are being helped by the Polish military. Funeral at a Christian cemetery - a funeral procession is going on. A woman is praying on her knees at the grave. Polish soldiers, townspeople stand on the square of a Polish city, in the background - destroyed buildings. Women with flowers, little girls are standing in the square. Catholic nuns, the military are in the square. A large cross on a common grave in the cemetery, next to the icon of the Virgin. The priests are at the grave. Polish, Soviet soldiers, townspeople at the cemetery during the funeral of concentration camp prisoners. PART TWO. Germany, March 1938, the President of the Reichstag G. Goering reads from the sheet at the meeting, in the foreground - Reich Chancellor A. Hitler sits with his associates (Rudolf Hess, Robert Leigh, etc.). G. Goering and his wife Katrin are sitting in armchairs on the street, surrounded by German officers and allies. A crowd of well-dressed Germans in the street, everyone laughing, swinging, singing. German soldiers march at the state border of Germany, accompanied by a mounted officer. The German cavalry enters the arch. Crowds of people in the square, on the building - fascist flags, cars are driving, people throw up their hands in a fascist greeting. Adolf Hitler is standing in a car, he is greeted by a crowd of people in the square. March 1938, Vienna railway station, a man with suitcases runs to the station building, he is pursued. Men with fascist armbands stand in the street. German tankmen are driving down the street, they are greeted by the townspeople. German soldiers march down a street in Prague. German officers are on the streets of Prague, greeting the passing troops. March 15, 1939 German soldiers carry fascist banners across the Wenceslas Square in Prague. A. Hitler triumphantly enters Prague by car. Prague, a panorama of the building of the Presidential Palace in Prague Castle, German soldiers are marching into the territory, A. Hitler stands among the German officers. PART THREE. Germany, 1933 Torchlight procession of the Nazis. A. Hitler waves from the window of the building. Musicians are walking with drums. A. Hitler says. A crowd of men at the entrance to the building. Men stand in line, a man with a fascist armband stands nearby. The clerk makes notes in the documents of [Jews]. A detachment of fascists marching down the street. A raid - men with fascist armbands blocked the street. Policemen are on the street, one of them is standing next to a machine gun. 1933, Vice-Chancellor of A. Hitler's Cabinet Franz von Papen enters the office, greets the employees. Papen speaks German. Citizens read an advertisement on a street bollard [1937-40], policemen on the street. SS officers smoke on the street. Announcement “HERAUS AUF DIE STRABEN! ADOLF HITLER ".
Director
Dieter Heidebrandt
Color
B&W
Film ID
30508
Keywords
the second world war
Meterage
381
Number of Parts
3
Operators
Nicholas Yoray
Other Creators
Music: Wolfgang de Helmini. Editing: Helga Kruska. Director's Assistant: Manfred Heiling
Release Date
1981
Sound