Title:W DWUDZIESTKA ROCZNICA POWSTANIA W GETCIE WARSZAWSKIM (fragment) [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 6726
Other titles:ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WARSAW UPRISING [Translation]
ALEXANDER BEN BERNFES FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Opening of documentary starts by recalling, over archive film, German entry into Warsaw and subsequent measures taken by head of General-Government Hans Frank against Jewish population prior to their incarceration in the Ghetto.
Description: After German entry into Warsaw in September 1939 (to Ride of the Valkyries), conqueror's aim to destroy Polish nation and exterminate Jewish population takes effect via series of ordinances from head of General Government Hans Frank (at Cracow's Wawel Castle with Deputy Seyss-Inquart): mass hangings, forced labour in land reclamation, wearing of arm bands, expulsion of Poles from Ghetto and deportations of Jews. German cameraman is filmed recording ghetto scenes with tripod-mounted camera. Training film sequence demonstrates how German police should check papers of Jews prior to arresting them. Wall proclamation for Jews in Cracow.
Alternative Title:ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WARSAW UPRISING [Translation]
ALEXANDER BEN BERNFES FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:MGH 6726
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1964
Production Country: Poland
Production Details: Polish TV ? (Production company)
