ID |
FBW000147 Short documentary |
Country / Year |
Germany, 1945-1946 |
Original Title |
These Are the People |
Directed by |
Abraham J. Klausner |
Produced by |
Bavarian Film Company, München; for Zentralkomitee der befreiten Juden in der Amerikanischen Zone (als: Central Committee of Liberated Jews), München |
Staff |
Producer: Abraham J. Klausner;
On-screen commentary: Abraham J. Klausner;
Music based on themes by: Dimitri Pokrass (für: "Zog nischt keyn mol" / Partisanenhymne);
Lyrics: Hirsch Glik (Zitat aus: "Zog nischt keyn mol" / Partisanenhymne) |
Appearance |
David Ben Gurion (Jewish Agency);
[Herr] Blum (Rabbiner);
Zalman Grinberg (Zentralkomitee der befreiten Juden, Vorsitzender);
Wilhelm Hoegner (Bayrischer Ministerpräsident);
Abraham J. Klausner (Rabbiner, US Army);
Eva Reading (World Jewish Congress);
Simon H. Rifkind (Judge/Advisor on Jewish Affairs to the American Command in Germany);
[Herr] Roth (Colonel, US 3rd Army);
Isak Schwarzbart (World Jewish Congress);
Samuel Gringauz (Zentralkomitee der befreiten Juden);
Dawid Treger (Zentralkomitee der befreiten Juden);
Israel Jochelson (?);
Josef Liebowicz (?);
[Herr] Grosberg (?);
Marian Puczyc (Zentralkomitee der befreiten Juden);
Isaac Ratner ("Unzer Weg", Chefredakteur) |
Length |
493,8 m / 18' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Dates |
- 00 Nov 1945-27 Jan 1946: Shooting period |
Further Remarks |
- Gesang: "Hatikva", "El Ma'aleh Rachamim"
- Drehort: Landsberg (DP-Lager), Feldafing (DP-Lager), Zettlitz (Hachshara) München (Rathaus) |
Abstract |
Report about the opening ceremony of the "first conference of the central commitee of freed Jews" in Munich (townhall) on 27.01.1946. A documentary about the Jewish DPs in the American zone. Living conditions in the DP camps at Feldafing and Landberg as well as the agricultural training camp in Zettlitz (Hachshara). |
Subject Terms |
1940-1949;
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee;
American zone;
First Congress of the Liberated Jews in the American Zone;
Feldafing (DP camp);
Hachshara;
Jewish displaced persons;
World Jewish Congress;
Landsberg (DP Camp);
Munich;
Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in the British Zone;
Zettlitz |
Holdings |
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 35mm; Nitro
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 493,8 m / 18'; 35mm |
Materials |
- YIVO Institute, New York, NY: DPG folder 65; Memorandum, AJDC (09.07.1946)
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY: Falkenberg Records; div. |
Bibliography |
- Schwarz, Leo W.: The Redeemers. A Saga of the Years 1945-1952. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953
- Wetzel, Juliane: Jüdisches Leben in München 1945-1951. Durchgangsstation oder Wiederaufbau?. München: Stadtarchiv, 1987
- Bauer, Yehuda: Out of the Ashes. The Impact of American Jews on Post-Holocaust European Jewry. Oxford / New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1989
- Loewy, Ronny: "These Are the People. Zu Abraham J. Klausners Film über das Zentralkomitee der befreiten Juden in der amerikanischen Zone", Überlebt und unterwegs. Jüdische Displaced Persons im Nachkriegsdeutschland. Jahrbuch 1997 zur Geschichte und Wirkung des Holocaust, Fritz Bauer Institut (Hg.), Frankfurt am Main: Campus, 1997
- Schubert, Elke: "Mir zaynen do. Das aktuelle Jahrbuch des Fritz-Bauer-Instituts über die jüdischen 'Displaced Persons' im Nachkriegsdeutschland", in: Frankfurter Rundschau, Nr. 38, 14.02.1998 |
Contents (detailed) |
Shotlist (- ft):
- 000 TITLES
- 043 MV: Memorial and people passing by
- 050 Refugees at Camp Feldafing
- 070 Refugees in barracks
- 094 Eating
- 107 CUs: Refugees in crowded barracks
- 132 Ext: Landsberg barracks and people waiting in streets
- 165 CUs: Old women in homes
- 237 Abraham J. Klausner (Chaplain, US Army) speaking to camera
- 269 CU: Programs for committee meeting
- 288 GV: Audience
- 300 Cantor singing "El Ma'aleh Rachamim"
- 361 CUs: Audience
- 592 David Ben Gurion (Jewish Agency) in Audience
- 601 CU: Colonel Roth (US 3rd Army) in audience listening
- 640 Zalman Grinberg (Central Committee of Liberated Jews, Chairman) speaking
- 769 CUs: Audience
- 815 Grinberg speaking
- 843 Wilhelm Hoegner (Bavarian Prime-Minister) speaking
- 980 Audience
- 986 Ben Gurion speaking
- 1001 CUs: Audience listening as Ben Gurion speaks
- 1025 Ben Gurion speaking
- 1095 Eva Reading (World Jewish Congress) speaking
- 1105 CU: Colonel Roth
- 1112 CU: Rabbi Blum of Palestine
- 1115 CU: Simon H. Rifkind (Judge/Advisor on Jewish Affairs to the American Command in Germany)
- 1123 Isak Schwarzbart (World Jewish Congress)
- 1128 Audience rising for "Hatikva"
- 1187 Klausner talking about retraining
- 1217 Refugees arriving at Zettlitz Jewish farm
- 1267 Eating in communal dining room
- 1276 Studying papers. CUs: Pictures of Palestine and Zionist leaders
- 1322 Work on farm
- 1391 Scenes in joinery workshops
- 1438 Girls sewing
- 1449 Dancing hora
- 1467 CUs: Clouds
- 1489 CUs: Animals on farm
- 1536 Trees and fruits
- 1587 Wheat in field
- 1610 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem |
Credits |
- 1. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE / OF LIBERATED JEWS / IN GERMANY / presents / A DOCUMENTARY FILM
- 2. THESE ARE / THE PEOPLE
- 3. GERMANY / 1946
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem |