1943 GERMAN WWII NEWSREEL HITLER & GOERING ATTEND HELDENGEDENKTAG MEMORIAL EVENT 32540e

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This historic German film was produced during WWII as propaganda in support of the National Socialist regime. It is presented in its original form as an historical document so that students, educators, researchers and the general public can see how the Nazi regime justified its criminal activities. The political symbols of the regime, including the flag, swastika and eagle, may appear on screen. Periscope Film absolutely condemns the Nazi regime and affirms that it committed grave atrocities, war crimes, and crimes against humanity before and during WWII. These include the tragic, mass extermination of millions of innocent civilians. We preserve these films in part so that these terrible events and victims are not forgotten.
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This film is one of a series of silent newsreels that were sold to the German public, before and during WWII, for home viewing. This particular film shows the February 27, 1943 Heldengedenktag, or "Day of Commemoration of Heroes". This was a national day of observance that was modified by the National Socialists after they came to power in 1934. The Nazis changed the character of the holiday from one where the military dead were simply remember and mourned, to one where they were elevated to heroic status. The film takes place in Berlin and begins with a shot of the flag at full height, and this is because Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels issued guidelines which instructed that flags no longer be flown at half-mast. At :26, Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering arrive on scene; they sit together at :39. At 3:45, members of the Hitler Youth are visible in the crowds of people attending the event. The buildings visible at 1:39 are the Neue Wache (English: New Guard) and the Zeughaus, the oldest structure at Unter den Linden. The Neue Wache played a vital role as the site of the annual Heroes' Memorial Day celebrations during WWII, and was heavily damaged by bombing and by artillery fire during the Battle of Berlin. Today it serves as a memorial to victims of war and tyrrany. The last Heldengedenktag was celebrated in 1945, just months before Hitler's suicide and the end of the war.
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[@S.Hunter279]

This is an amazing video, for it shows that at least in early 1943 the city of Berlin was mostly free of damage from Allied bombing. It is also important for other reasons, like Hitler appearing in public after the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad, and also for a failed assassination attempt that took place that day as Hitler inspected a collection of captured Soviet weapons. According to Wikipedia, one colonel Gersdorff was to act as a suicide bomber and kill the dictator. But for reasons that are not specified, Hitler decided to cut short this part of the program and left early, forcing Gersdorff to deactivate his bomb.

[@davidb2206]

Rare to see Chancellor Hitler in what looks like a leather outer coat. Wish this reel had the original soundtrack with it.

[@PeriscopeFilmII]

We wish a soundtrack existed as well -- but this print at least is silent. It may have originally been shown in a classroom or other setting with someone reading from a pamphlet.

[@grossadmiral1]

Eindrucksvoll

[@igitt426]

Did anybody else find this while reading Littell's the kindly ones?

[@astinoswarburton1852]

they played Bruckner's 7th during this ceremony

[@paulmurphy42]

QUESTION: Could people going to the cinema in Britan DURING the war see Hitler in the newsreels?

[@kennethjohnson6319]

This is another interesting news reel when we see Hitler and Goering together probably for the last time and the Germans Marching triumphantly at this time in 1943 two yrs later Germany surrender in 1945 and the city is in Ruins