ID

FBW000001      Short documentary with fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1948

Original Title

Placing the Displaced

Directed by

Martin A. Bursten

Produced by

HIAS (Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society), New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Isaac L. Asofsky (HIAS, Executive Director), Martin A. Bursten (HIAS, PR Director); Script: Arnold Perl; Technical assistance: Carl-Fredrik Nelson; Music: Harry Glass; Music based on themes by: Dimitri Pokrass (für: "Zog nischt keyn mol" / Partisanenhymne); Lyrics: Hirsch Glik (Zitat aus: "Zog nischt keyn mol" / Partisanenhymne); Narration: Raymond Massey

Appearance

Louis Neikrug (HIAS, European Director)

Length

258 m / 23'31''

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 27 May 1948: Preview, New York, NY (Johnny Victor Theater, R.C.A. Exhibition Hall)
- 14 Jun 1948: Premiere, TV, CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System)

Further Remarks

- Sound and Additional Scenes: Hartley Productions
- Drehort: München (Funkkaserne); New York, NY

Abstract

Fundraiser. The story of DPs Sam Miller and his family who succeed in immigrating to the USA and are finally placed in the arms of their American kin by the HIAS (Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society). Fictionalized treatment. Combines newsreel footage of the liberation of the death camps with staged sequences.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; Fundraising; HIAS; Survivors of the Holocaust; Jewish displaced persons; USA; Extermination camps

Holdings

- YIVO Institute, New York, NY: 258 m / 23'36''; 16mm
- YIVO Institute, New York, NY; 16mm
- YIVO Institute, New York, NY; 16mm

Materials

- YIVO Institute, New York, NY; Reviews
- YIVO Institute, New York, NY; Letters, Postcards
- YIVO Institute, New York, NY; Production Stills, 50

Bibliography

- N.N.: "DP Documentary", in: PM (New York, NY), 2?.05. 1948
- N.N.: "Bayside Man Made Immigrant Film", in: Long Island Press (Jamaica, NY), 2?.05. 1948
- Ziprin, Nathan: "Off the Record", in: Jewish Review (New York, NY), 01.04.1948
- N.N.: "Preview Film on D.P.'s, 'Placing the Displaced'", in: Enquirer (New York, NY), 27.05.1948
- N.N.: "HIAS Releases Movie on Displaced Persons", in: Jewish Review (New York, NY), 27.05.1948
- Dyck, Richard (als: r.d.): "Vom K.Z. ins Land der Hoffnung. Zwei Filme über die D.P.s", in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 14, Nr. 24, 11.06.1948
- N.N.: Catalogue of Audio-Visual Materials. New York, NY: Jewish Center Lecture Bureau, National Jewish Welfare Board, 1949
- , in: Rescue, Januar, 01.01.1949
- Fox, Stuart: Jewish Films in the United States. New York, NY: K.G. Hall, 1976
- Newman, Roberta: "DP Docudrama: Institutional Propaganda and Post-World War II Jewish Refugees", in: Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review (Atlanta), Vol. 16, Nr. 1, 1994
- Shandler, Jeffrey: While America Watches: Television and the Holocaust in the United States, from 1945 to the Present. New York, NY: Columbia University (Dissertation), 1995
- Shandler, Jeffrey: While America Watches. Televising the Holocaust. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999

Credits

- 1. [AS HIAS HV]
- 2. The / Hebrew Sheltering / and / Immigrant aid Society / Presents
- 3. "Placing / The / Displaced"
- 4. Depicting the / HIAS Programm for reuniting / and resetting / the War Scattered Jews / of the world - the Displaced Persons.
- 5. Produced by the / HIAS Press and / Public Relations Dept. / MARTIN A. BURSTEN
- 6. Narrated by / RAYMOND MASSEY
- 7. Script by ARNOLD PERL / Music Arranged by HARRY GLASS / Sound and Additional Scenes / by HARTLEY PRODUCTIONS / Technical Assistance CARL-FREDRIK NELSON
- 8. This film is dedicated to world / Jewry, who have made possible / the work of the HEBREW / SHELTERING AND IMMIGRANT / AID SOCIETY, who for more / than six decades have made the / President
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- 1. HIAS appreciates the / cooperation of the / following in making / this film possible
- 2. U.S. MILITARY CONSULAR, IMMIGRATION / AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS / U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS / JEWISH FILM ORGANISATION / HARTLEY PRODUCTIONS / THE UNITED STATES LINES / THE INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE / ORGANIZATION / Isaac L. Asofsky / Executive Director, HIAS
- 3. [AS HIAS HV] / places / the / Displaced!
- 4. The / END
Abschrift lt. Kopie: YIVO Institute, New York, NY