Einsatzgruppen shooting of Jews, Latvia
Overview
- Description
- An Einsatzgruppe execution between late July and mid-August 1941. Jewish men being shot by Germans, in dugout pit. Two brief shots of German Kriegsmarine standing along the bank near the bushes (screen left) washing himself. Footage includes executions of three groups of men. Soldiers and others, including Kriegsmarine personnel and civilians, stand around. Also visible are many people watching from an embankment above. Jews jump out of open truck and are herded, running, towards open pit. They wear "yellow badges" on their chests and backs. SS men, local Latvian militia, and German police units are visible.
This amateur footage was shot by German Kriegsmarine Reinhard Wiener, out for a walk in Libau [Liepaja], Latvia with his 8mm Kodak camera. His description of the circumstances, camera, and how the film footage reached Germany, as detailed at the Bundesarchiv and at Yad Vashem, are in the Film and Video subject files and attached to this record online. - Duration
- 00:01:15
- Date
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Event:
July-August 1941
- Locale
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Libau [Liepaja],
Latvia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Frau Henny Wiener
- Contributor
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Camera Operator:
Reinhard Wiener
- Biography
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German Kriegsmarine
Physical Details
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- Frau Henny Wiener
- Conditions on Use
- Copyright belongs to Henny Wiener. Contact the Ms. Wiener's agent, Agentur Karl Hoeffkes (AKH), for permission to reproduce and use this footage at info@karlhoeffkes.de.
- Copyright Holder
- Frau Henny Wiener
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection - not accessioned
- Film Provenance
- Transferred to 2K from a 16mm print at the Bundesarchiv [Archive Number 2469].
- Note
- Transferred to 2K from a 16mm print at the Bundesarchiv [Archive Number 2469].
See also RG-60.1310 on Film ID 2931 and RG-60.0346 on Film ID 203 for earlier transfers.
Refer to AKH catalog: http://archiv-akh.de/filme?utf-8=%E2%9C%93&q=wiener#24 - Copied From
- 8mm b/w
- Film Source
- Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 6036
Source Archive Number: M 2055 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:56:40
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1005052
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