The Holocaust
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Why are you looking at us?
These children have been asked to display the numbers tattooed on their arms when they were released from one of the Auschwitz camps. The image taken in 1945, is from a news film made in 1965 and now in the British Pathe Archive.
The film goes on to tell the story of another young orphaned survivor, Anya Koval, who has her tattoo removed and is cared for by stepparents in Kiev (now 'Kyiv'), the capital of the Ukraine. The film then shows her some years later - as a 17 year-old and then again, in 1965, as a 24 year-old at work in Kiev's Science Academy.
Film ID 3110.13
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How can we bear to look? ~ How can we dare not to?
The question for the viewer was the same for the cameramen: "How can I bear to take these films? How can I dare not witness the scene in front of me?" And for the cinema and newspaper editor; "How can I bear to show these images? How can I dare to hide them?"
Despite the deluge of images and reports of war, famine, disaster and inhumanity that we see daily in the media many of the 60 year-old, black and white films in the Archive - remain distressing and deeply moving. They reach across time; we meet their gaze; they touch us... what have we to say in return?
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The British Pathe Archive
The British Pathe Archive has films recording:
:: the rise of anti-Semitism
:: the liberation of the camps
:: the evidence of the Holocaust
:: the trials of Nazi war criminals
:: remembrance of the Holocaust and re-building
The Archive also has a huge number of news films commenting on the events of the Second World War and political and social developments before 1939 and after 1945.
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Contents - the main sections
:: The Complete Contents
:: What's in The Archive?
:: Before the War
:: It's War
:: About the Holocaust
:: Scarred for Life
:: Opening the Camps
:: Gathering Evidence
:: End of War
:: After the War
:: The Trials
:: Remembering the Holocaust
:: Memorials and Art Work
:: Keywords
:: Notes for Teachers and Independent Learners
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Nazi rally at the Brandenberg Gate and the everlasting flame memorial at Auschwitz. Film and still IDs: 2027-17-248; 2039-27-58
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Directory of Holocaust-realted news films in the Archive
There are over 100 news films in the British Pathe Archive which record the Holocaust and related events. They are presented here in historical sequence: before the Holocaust, the 1933-1945 period itself, the opening of the camps, the trials and related events after the War. The resources explore the nature of news film, media evidence and responses to the events of the Holocaust.
The annotated directory was developed for Learning and Teaching Scotland and is part of the UK British Pathe Schools Licence Project.
Your questions and comments are very welcome info@shapesoftime.net
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Take some care!
Take Care - safety issues!
The subject of the Holocaust is universal and there are resources in the British Pathe Archive which can, selectively, be used with children of any age. Teachers should be aware that many of the films witness and record the suffering and death of people and many images are extremely disturbing and upsetting.
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Take care - copyright issues!
The images and media files in this website are from The British Pathe Archive and are made specially available for schools to use "creatively" in the classroom and within the secure national broadband networks in the UK. They must not be distributed or published over the WWW or by any other means such as by CD/DVDs or used for any commercial purposes. For further information see the User's Introduction.
Copyright for additional resources is given adjacent to those resources themselves.
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