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Blackout preparations in London: men paint white stripes on trees, lamp posts, and curbs. People at a gas mask depot in Lambeth. A newly married couple exits a church. The bride, groom, and bridesmaids all carry gas masks. A sign on the side of a building informs the public that gas masks are the property of the government and must be properly cared for. A young boy sitting on a curb opens a box containing ...

Claude Lanzmann was born in Paris to a Jewish family that immigrated to France from Eastern Europe. He attended the Lycée Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. His family went into hiding during World War II. He joined the French resistance at the age of 18 and fought in the Auvergne. Lanzmann opposed the French war in Algeria and signed a 1960 antiwar petition. From 1952 to 1959 he lived with Simone ...

Jewish Infantry Brigade of the British 8th Army, Faenza Area, Italy, March 27-29, 1945. LS, hillside farm. LS, column of brigade marching along mountain road, past evenly spaced trees. MLS, men walking in single file towards the camera, farm in BG. Men with British military gear carrying weapons, camoflauge on helmets. CUs, faces. MLS, long line of soldiers moving along road, squad leader puts arm ...

Excerpts 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 ...

Described in the opening titles of the film, as a "nature film", this footage depicts the town of Spreewald in the Brandenburg section of Germany. VS, EXT, stream, trees, various flora and fauna, wooden homes, locals canoeing down a stream or a river, farming, tending to the soil and to crops. VS, two canoes with two groups of children heading downstream, and then docking in front of their schoolhouse. ...

Farmers harvest crops in central Poland. They fill their baskets. Country road and horse drawn carriage carrying bundles of hay. More scenes of country life. LS on the thatched roof country home along the river/canal. Trees line the road where a horse drawn carriage passes by.

CU, British soldier. Three young women with armbands walk through camp gate (guarded by British). Sign by gate "Dust Spreads Typhus 5 MPH." CU, two soldiers and two women: "One woman has travelled from Osnabruck to enquire after her husband who she believes has been interned in Belsen". MCU as captain uses DDT duster on companion outside "Dusting Room." In FG, two men sleeping by roadside. Ambulances ...

EXT A group splashes in the lake. Children and teenagers walk past in a rough line. More children, tents, and trees in BG. Several girls emerge from the entrance to a tent. Flag pole against the sky with two flags, one appears to be the flag of Israel. Several boys heading a ball to each other. INT girls walk to and sit down at tables set with bowls and mugs. Girls eat stew. CU boys pretend to sleep ...

First title slate: "Oberkommando Des Heeres Chef des Ausbildungswesens im Ersatzheer Abteilung Lehrfilm in Zusammenarbeit mit Generalstab des Heeres Ausbildungsabteilung zeigt: Lehrfilm Nr. 468 hergestellt Fruehjahr 1944" "Scharfschuetze im Einsatz" [Sharpshooters in action] Next slate: "Die im Film gezeigten Entfernungen entsprechen zum Teil nicht der Wirklichkeit. Sie sind durch film technische Notwendigkeiten ...

A report on 685 antisemitic (and neo-Nazi) incidents which occurred in different regions of Germany in the period between Christmas Eve 1959 and 28 January 1960. Most cases concerned antisemitic graffiti found on churches, Jewish cemeteries, monuments, and public buildings, as well as swastikas on residences, factory buildings, army barracks, phone booths, railway cars, and even on trees. Among the ...