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Officers oversee training and exercises at a Hitler Youth camp

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.22.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1382 | Film ID: 2964

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    Officers oversee training and exercises at a Hitler Youth camp

    Overview

    Description
    In Groedig, Austria, the Hitler Youth camp's site manager gives commands to the organized troop. He has a death's head emblem on his cap. A HJ member with SS patch practices giving orders. The troops run drills. A senior Hitler Youth officer with glasses reviews the men and gives orders. He wears a Hitler Youth uniform, with the rank of Obergebietsfuehrer, as well as an infantry assault badge and the ribbon for the Iron Cross, Second Class. 01:01:07 SS Oberscharfuehrer at left. The officer, second from left (shorter man), is an army Unteroffizier (roughly a corporal). He wears a buttonhole ribbon indicating the award of the Iron Cross, Second Class. In the next shot, 01:01:09, you can see his silver Armored Assault Badge (in use from the end of 1939 on); that would make him a tank crewman with combat experience. The troops raise the Hitler Youth flag, march, run drills, and conduct target practice. 01:03:57 CU, the target sheet with bullet holes pierced through it. The troops exercise in the field. 01:05:06 They practice camouflaging themselves with mud and branches. A Hitler Youth scouts from a thicket. The Hitler Youth members continue physical training and playing sports. 01:09:05 Brief view of two elderly women local Austrians watching the boys race past the finish line. One boy wears an undershirt with the SS logo as they clean and polish their shoes.
    Duration
    00:09:00
    Date
    Event:  after 1939?
    Locale
    Groedig, Austria
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of James and Barbara Gatti

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Excellent
    Time Code
    01:00:12:00 to 01:09:12:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2964 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original - AGFA - B-wind
      Master 2964 Video: HDCam - NTSC
      Master 2964 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original - AGFA - B-wind
      Master 2964 Video: HDCam - NTSC
      Master 2964 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original - AGFA - B-wind
      Master 2964 Video: HDCam - NTSC
      Master 2964 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original - AGFA - B-wind
      Master 2964 Video: HDCam - NTSC

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Unknown copyright
    Conditions on Use
    Film copyright holder is unknown. The Museum has made reasonable efforts and has not been able to identify and/or locate a copyright owner of this film. The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but cannot provide any information to the user about the copyright owner. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used. If you have information regarding the copyright owner, please contact filmvideo@ushmm.org.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Capt. Robert Charles Gale served with the U.S. 4th Infantry Division from 1942-1946. He obtained five 16mm films from the Berchtesgaden (15km from Groedig, Austria) in Spring 1945 and donated them via his son-in-law and daughter, James and Barbara Gatti, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2013.
    Note
    The camp at Niederalm, Groedig was used as a training school for the Hitler Youth after 1938. During the war it became a HJ training school for operating Flak guns. In 1944/1945, refugees were accommodated in the remaining barracks, also known as Swabia camp.

    Education in Nazi Germany aimed at three primary goals: love of Fuehrer, belief in race hygiene and creating a more martial society (physical fitness and war-like skills and games). This film clearly supports the last goal with a bit of added comradeship and trust building exercises.
    Film Source
    Barbara Gatti
    James Gatti
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5600
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:28
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