Title:THERESIENSTADT - EIN DOKUMENTARFILM AUS DEM JÜDISCHEN SIEDLUNGSGEBIET [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 5104
Other titles:THERESIENSTADT - A DOCUMENTARY FROM THE JEWISH SETTLEMENT AREA [Translation]
DER FÜHRER SCHENKT DEN JUDEN EINE STADT [Alternative Title]
HITLER PRESENTS A TOWN TO THE JEWS [Translation]
Summary: Incomplete documentary (Bundesarchiv version) shot inside Theresienstadt (Terezin) Transit/Concentration Camp in the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (formerly part of Czechoslovakia) portraying enclosed town as a model Jewish community records prisoners enjoying artisan, sporting, cultural and other apparently free activities (gardening, football, concert with Karel Ancerl conducting Study for String Orchestra by Pavel Haas) in the summer of 1944 (prior to a pre-arranged visit by the International Red Cross and the subsequent deportation of most of the inmates to Auschwitz).
Description: Reel 1:
1. No title.
2. Face of cow. Shoeing the cow (ox).
3. Strong men hammering iron in a blacksmith shop.
4. Men welding.
5. Man working lathe.
6. Women making pots and little animals in ceramic workshop.
7. Man working on large sculpture.
8. Bookbinding.
9. Tailor shops.
10. Women sewing, wearing yellow stars.
11. Tailor shops.
12. Shoemakers.
13. People leaving work.
14. Sports field. Two teams playing soccer. Ball is hit into the crowd. Pan of smiling happy crowd watching the game. People leaving the courtyard stadium.
15. Arrow with sign: Zum Zentralbad.
16. Back view of men showering, getting dressed.
Reel 2:
17. Sign: Zur Bücherei. Sign on door: Zentralbücherei Theresienstadt.
18. Interior large library, men in suits and ties.
19. A man lecturing to a distinguished-looking crowd.
20. Concert. People sitting around tables, clapping.
21. A boy playing in an irrigation ditch. farming. Man watering using a watering can. Woman watering.
22. Outdoor park with benches. People reading.
23. Pan inside the bunks.
24. Family sitting down for dinner.
Alternative Title:THERESIENSTADT - A DOCUMENTARY FROM THE JEWISH SETTLEMENT AREA [Translation]
DER FÜHRER SCHENKT DEN JUDEN EINE STADT [Alternative Title]
HITLER PRESENTS A TOWN TO THE JEWS [Translation]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:MGH 5104
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1944
Production Country: Germany
Production Details: UFA (Production company)
Gerron, Kurt (Production individual)
Greifenhagen, Manfred (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: German
Title language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 2
Running time: 15 mins
