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Ceremony honoring men who murdered Walther Rathenau

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.356.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4996 | Film ID: 2887

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    Ceremony honoring men who murdered Walther Rathenau

    Overview

    Description
    Group of young men and women sitting on a hillside. The scene switches to show women and uniformed men sitting in a beer garden. In both scenes the women wear matching dresses. Uniformed men march down a road. SA men walk toward the camera carrying flower wreaths. The occasion is the dedication of a plaque honoring Erwin Kern and Hermann Fischer for the murder in 1922 of Walther Rathenau, who was the German Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic and a Jew. SS men stand at attention. One man holds a standard that indicates his unit is from Kassel. CU of the wreath and the grave of Kern and Fischer. Hermann Ehrhardt, Ernst Roehm, and Heinrich Himmler arrive at the ceremony at the head of a large contingent. Also depicted are Manfred von Killinger and Fritz Sauckel. Roehm speaks into a large microphone. Men take turns laying wreaths at the grave. Roehm and Himmler greet others. After the ceremony, women and children pose in a large group for the camera. 01:27:41 Rudolf Jordan, Gauleiter of Halle-Merseburg walks toward the camera. SA men march past and salute Roehm and Himmler.
    Duration
    00:04:29
    Date
    Event:  1933
    Production:  1933
    Locale
    Halle, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
    Contributor
    Producer: Landesfilmstelle Halle-Merseburg der NSDAP

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Documentary.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:24:32:00 to 01:29:01:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
      Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
      Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
      Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • User
    • User 2887 Video: DVD
      User 2887 Video: DVD
      User 2887 Video: DVD
      User 2887 Video: DVD

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Conditions on Use
    The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the Bundesarchiv in December 2009.
    Copied From
    16mm
    Film Source
    Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5417
    Source Archive Number: BSP 24736
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:08:27
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