Lodz - Litzmannstadt Reel 1

Lodz - Litzmannstadt Reel 1 High pan across city outskirts. Map of central Europe marked as ‘Wandalen’. INT museum w/ ancient pottery in glass cases - German signs ‘Das Gefass Aus Biala’ - refers to Litzmannstadt, German name for Lodz. CUs pottery & ancient spearheads on display. Map of German territory showing location of Lodz. 10:29:07 Street scenes around Lodz - daily life - pedestrians, streetcars, architecture. Diagrams re proportion of Poles, Jews & Germans in population. 360-degree pan around town square. High pan across rooftops. INT simple apartment - woman in kitchen area - pan to bed. Men around table smoking & drinking. Toilet block - wooden bench w/ holes in floor; EXT sewage running down pipe into street. Slums. CUs drainage system in street. Top shot people filling buckets at horse-drawn water barrel in street. More shots muddy, waterlogged streets. 10:34:13 Nazis arrive in Lodz - motorcade through streets - tracking shots past main square & marching troops. Portrait of unid. man. Huge cross on hilltop. Workers on new construction sites? Map of expanded ‘Deutsches Reich’ showing location of Lodz & arrows to indicate arrival of Jews & others in ghettos / labour camps? CU signs inc. ‘Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle - Einsatzstab Lodsch’ - information bureau for ethnic Germans. Bus past gates w/ sign above ‘Gemelnschafftslager’. Nazi officers w/ families & luggage arrive. Civilians queue for identity cards - Polish? officer issues card to man. WWII. Nazi Occupation - Poland. Ghettos. Poverty. Sanitation. NOTE: In our experience German Nazi material is considered in the public domain throughout the world. If users feel any further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility.