Summary: Part of a Nazi German documentary, never publicly shown, with a variety of mainly staged scenes of Jewish life in the Warsaw Ghetto, which highlights the contrast between a minority of wealthy Jews of westernised appearance still enjoying well-stocked delicatessens, cafe society and the theatre, and their less fortunate neighbours, dressed in dirty rags, suffering from typhus and some imprisoned by the Judenrat's own Ordnungspolizei.
Description: Typhus graph for 1940 - 1942. Jews undressing, having hair cut and being examined for typhus spots; close-ups of lice. Children begging outside luxury shop, receiving donation from elegant Jewish lady wearing Star of David armband with well-dressed young son. Jewish butcher, delicatessen and baker - latter gesticulates (for camera) at boy trying to steal loaf from open counter. Prison for Ghetto Jews and exercise courtyard with high walls; Jewish boys, men and women emerge, inspected by Ordnungspolizei policeman. Sick men and women. Small boy wearing cap and holding pretzel in his left hand dances merry jig for spectators (and camera). Two elegant ladies descend from bicycle rickshaw. Cafe interior, patronised by wealthy Jews who watch female singer perform. Well dressed Jews enter the Teatr Nowy Azazel for performance of Ostatnie Dni [The Last Days], a ballet entertainment performed by Sulamita; interior shots of auditorium showing unmoved audience. Close up views of male and female pairs of Jews, highlighting contrast between those of westernised appearance and their poor eastern counterparts, then all standing in one long line, from their expressions clearly coerced by the camera.
Alternative Title:ASIA IN CENTRAL EUROPE [Translation]
