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Sinti Persecution

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.245.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0578 | Film ID: 219

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    Sinti Persecution
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    Overview

    Description
    Finished 1987 documentary film about the Nazi persecution of the Roma/Sinti. Photographs of family members, interviews with surviving members of family. Color footage of children (01:34:31-01:36:54): playing at recess, dancing with nuns, before taken to Auschwitz, boys shining shoes in street, playing games.
    Film Title
    Das Falsche Wort
    Duration
    01:19:27
    Date
    Production:  1987
    Locale
    Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Melanie Spitta and Katrin Seybold Film GMBH
    Contributor
    Director: Katrin Seybold
    Director: Melanie Spitta
    Producer: Katrin Seybold Film GMBH
    Biography
    Katrin Seybold (1943-2012) learnt film making from Edgar Reitz, among others. Since 1979, she has had her own production company and makes television productions about social issues and documentaries about the persecution of German Gypsies, Jews and the resistance during the Nazi regime.

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Feature.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 02:19:27:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    Carmen Spitta
    Conditions on Use
    For copyright clearance, contact Carmen Spitta, the daughter of the filmmaker, Melanie Spitta.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this film from the Katrin Seybold Film GMBH in 1992.
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    Katrin Seybold Film GMBH
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2267
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:55:11
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