Cantor and mixed choir rehearsing on Yom Kippur Eve. Cantor, Leo Gollanin, is seen singing in front of a mixed choir of Jewish men and women inside the Fraenkelufer Synagogue at Kottbuser Ufer 48-50, Kreuzburg, Berlin. Closeup of women holding sheets of music as they sing "Aus Dem Tuefe" ("From the Deep," referring to sober prayers). Scene shifts to the choir director, wearing a kippah (yarmulke), directing the choir. The women are assembled in a circle with men behind them. Scene shifts, again, showing the Cantor and singers from the front, in a wider shot, followed by another view from a balcony above.
Boycott against German Jews. Nazis placard Jewish shops in Berlin. People on the streets. They stop by shops on the sidewalk and look inside. The Star of David and 'Jude' written on Jewish store windows. Children watch as Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS) or Sturmabteilung (SA) aka "Stormtroopers" and "Brownshirts" put up posters on walls and on store windows. A Nazi German Brownshirt soldier outside a shop door. Anti-Jewish posters on the door and window. People walk past on the sidewalk.
The beginning of Nazi-driven boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany. Anti-Jewish propaganda choruses exhort street crowds in Berlin. Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtroopers in trucks and cars. They shout anti-Jewish slogans. Strormtroopers hold the Nazi flag. The Swastika is painted on their vehicles. Sympathizers on bicycles follow their truck. Pedestrians crowding the sidewalks watch all this going on. Two stormtroopers are seen guarding the entrance to a shop. They display a large sign that says the Jewish owners of this shop (at 5 P.S. Laden) are vermin, and displays other disparaging remarks. It identifies the owner as the Jew, Katban Schmidt. The Star of David and word "Juden" painted on Jewish shop windows. Anti-Jewish posters and signs on store doors and windows. A poster in both German and English reads "Germans defend yourself against the Jewish atrocity propaganda. Buy only at German shops."
Flag of the Nazi Party (1920–45) and National flag of Germany (1933–45). It is seen from both sides as it blows almost straight out under a very stiff breeze.
President Harry S Truman takes the oath before various U.S. officials in the United States. Sign reads 'Birthplace of President Truman - Lamar.' Buildings and people on the street. Women seated in a garden. Officer Truman stands with other officers of the U.S. Army during World War I. Soldiers in a battlefield in France. Black smoke arises due to the artillery fire and explosions. A trench, soldiers march with the U.S. flag. Truman holds two Madonna statues presented to him during a ceremony in the U.S. An Army officer meets Truman and other officials. Army trucks and artillery during the parade.
Harry S Truman and other officials work on some documents. Truman's Vice Presidential campaign. People hold boards reading 'Truman for Vice President' during Democratic National Convention of 1944. Vice President Truman with President Franklin D Roosevelt. View of the exterior of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Soldiers and horses with Roosevelt's casket during funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A crowd at the Washington Monument. The United States flag at half staff on the White House. Truman addresses the Congress. He talks about cooperation and duty. Nazi German Axis soldiers surrender during World War II in Europe. A large crowd at Broadway celebrates VE Day in New York City. The first atomic bomb mushroom cloud billows into the sky over New Mexico during the Trinity atomic bomb test. Signing of Japanese surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri at the end of World War 2. Japanese official Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs documents, then General Douglas MacArthur signs documents, and presents a pen to General Wainwright standing behind him. An American official takes a seat and goes through some documents. An officer reads documents at a table as soldiers stand by and watch.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.