Overview
- Description
- Documentary that combines Ukrainian newsreel and documentary film footage about the crimes committed by Ukrainian fascists--bourgeois nationalists--who murdered Ukrainians, Russians, Poles, and Jews. This short documentary uses footage of the trials held in the Ukraine post war, wartime newsreel footage, and oral history interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses. This film addresses the issue of war criminals who are believed to be still missing, or in hiding. There is an interview with a contemporary Ukrainian official who states that over 7,000 Ukrainian war criminals are still at large in the United States. This film also addresses the issues of Ukrainian and American cooperation in the pursuit of war criminals, the creation of the OSI (Office of Special Investigations). Several at large criminals are identified by name, and in photographs. The issue of the US government's complicity in helping war criminals remain at large is also addressed. One war criminal had even become a CIA operative. The film calls for the extradition of Ukrainian war criminals from the US, UK, Canada, and Costa Rica to be sent back to the Soviet Union to stand trial.
- Film Title
-
From Memory to Retribution
- Duration
- 00:27:54
- Date
-
Production:
1986
- Locale
-
Ukraine
Canada
Costa Rica
United States
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Unknown Film Source
- Contributor
-
Director:
Evhen Tatarets
Producer: Stansilav Ruol
Script Contributor: Mykahylo Tkach
Script Contributor: Evhen Tatarets
Camera Operator: Mykola Tereshenko
Sound Contributor: Lev Ryazantsav
Sound Contributor: Ivan Didenko
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 01:00:01:00 to 01:27:55:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2622 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - composite print
Master 2622 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2622 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - composite print
Master 2622 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2622 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - composite print
Master 2622 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2622 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - composite print
Master 2622 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 2622 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
Preservation 2622 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2622 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
Preservation 2622 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2622 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
Preservation 2622 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2622 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
Preservation 2622 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- User
User 2622 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - optical track - checkprint
User 2622 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - optical track - checkprint
User 2622 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - optical track - checkprint
User 2622 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - optical track - checkprint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum found this film in storage. Catalog data from June 22, 1987 indicates that the film was originally released by the Ukrainian Newsreel and Documentary Film Studios in Kiev, Ukraine. It is likely that the Museum received this film as a gift before 1987.
- Note
- Opening sequence titles and end credits are in Russian. Narration is in English.
Produced under the auspices of the Central Ukrainian Office of Documentary and News Film.
Public showing of this film may be restricted. Check with production studio. - Film Source
- Unknown
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3868
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:43:27
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