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Film

Films or movies are a form of visual art, often created by many different people for many different purposes. During the Holocaust (1933-1945), the Nazis used film as a form of propaganda to further their antisemitic and racist views. After the Holocaust, Nazi film footage was used against Nazi perpetrators in postwar war crimes trials. However, film was also used by Survivors, victims, and bystanders also used film footage to document life during the Holocaust era. Explore more content related to films and how they were used during and immediately after the Holocaust.

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A dark sepia toned poster with a glaring antisemitic depiction of a Jewish man in the center. German text is on the top and bottom of the poster.
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Advertising poster for the antisemitic film "Der ewige Jude"
A film slide featuring a portrait of a Jewish man with short dark hair, dark facial hair and light skin tone in the upper left hand corner. The rest of the slide is white text on a black background.
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Antisemitism illustration from a Nazi film strip
Aron and Lisa with the Emmy they won for their 1997 documentary, A Journey of Remembrance. [LCID: derm22]
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Aron and Lisa with their Emmy
Buchenwald concentration camp [LCID: dfwct017]
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Buchenwald concentration camp
View of the Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg, Germany.
Article
Culture in the Third Reich: Disseminating the Nazi Worldview
Joseph Goebbels stands behind a table at the front of a large room. Several men sit around the table and rows of men sit in chairs as part of the audience. Goebbels stands out, wearing a tan suit with a swastika armband while all the other men in the room wear dark colored clothing.
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Culture in the Third Reich: Overview
A dark sepia toned poster with a glaring antisemitic depiction of a Jewish man in the center. German text is on the top and bottom of the poster.
Article
Der ewige Jude
Film evidence is shown during the trial of Adolf Eichmann. [LCID: 65271]
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Film as evidence
View of the courtroom during the International Military Tribunal proceedings in Nuremberg, showing screen upon which films were projected.
Timeline Event
Film at the Nuremberg Trial
Media Essay
Film Presented as Evidence: "Nazi Concentration Camps"
Media Essay
Film Presented as Evidence: "The Nazi Plan"
Seven metal film canisters with labeling notes on the top of each one in black ink. The canister on the far left is on its side with the lid removed.
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Julien Bryan
Article
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl, with Adolf Hitler in the background, directs the shooting of a film about the Reich Party Day. [LCID: 78382]
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Leni Riefenstahl directs a film about the Reich Party Day.
Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda, speaks at a rally in favor of the boycott of Jewish-owned shops. [LCID: 44203]
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Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment
Two young boys with light skin tone look at five propaganda posters that have been hung along a fence. Some of the posters are duplicates.
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Nazi Propaganda

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