A man talking at the Free University of Berlin (Kaiserswerther Str. 16-18, 14195 Berlin, Germany) in West Berlin. Students walking in the snow-covered campus. A group of men and a couple walking out of a modern building. Students inside a campus building. A sign in German reads “SELBSTANZEIGEN Teilnahme an demonstrationen soll 5 monate kosten solidarität mit Fritz! Steine in die muhlen der JUSTIZ” (“SELF REPORT Participation in demonstrations should cost 5 months Solidarity with Fritz! Stones in the mill of JUSTICE”). German students talking about their support for detained German activist Fritz Teufel.
German figure skater Lydia Veicht performs at the Berlin Sportspalast in Berlin, Germany. The Berlin Sportspalast stadium is seen without a roof after sustaining damage from Allied bombings in World War II. The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Ice skater Lydia Veicht gracefully spins and jumps on ice. A German soldier watches the show with his child. Some of the audience include German soldiers in uniform. Women and men applaud the performance. A man and a woman perform on ice. Soldiers huddled together in a blanket as they watch. A group of figure skaters in short Dirndl-inspired costumes perform a dance on ice.
A crowd of Gernan civilians is seen gathered in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany. Glimpses of Leaders, of the German Communist Spartacus League, including Rosa Luxemburg. Scenes of unrest during the Spartacist uprising (Spartakusaufstand) in January, 1919. Scenes of post-World War poverty, hardship and deprivation for German citizens during time of hyperinflation, with German people shown living in improvised housing, cooking outdoors, scavenging for coal. A sign is displayed for the Winterhilfswerk (WHW) Winter Relief program run in the 1930s by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People's Welfare). It states its aim against Hunger and Cold (Gegen Hunger u Kalte). Uniformed persons with swastika arm bands, including Joseph Goebbels, and Hermann Goering, of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party), are seen surrounded by enthusiastic German citizens. Closeup of hot meal being dispensed and people eating. A sign in the background refers to the People's Welfare Program. People gathered in an outdoor food dispensing station, under a banner reading: "Berlin isst heute sein eintopfgericht" (Berlin is eating its stew today). Another glimpse of hot food being ladled into a dish. Adolf Hitler stands and gives a haranguing speech from a table where Nazi party members are seated. A banner on the front of a steam locomotive announces Winter Aid donation related to East Hannover (Winterhilfe Spende gau Ost-Hannover). Another sign refers to the 1936-1937 Winter Relief program (WHW) donation related to East Hannover (Gau Ost-Hannover Gifhorn W.H.W. Spende). Railroad train box cars are seen transporting contributions, from various places in Germany, to the program.
East German civilians receive free food in Germany. Cargo ship, the American Inventor, at a pier in Hamburg with surplus food from America for starving East Germany. A pallet of food cartons is hoisted out of a hold. An official hands a box to a workman. Thousands of people wait for their turn to get food in queues in West Berlin, ignoring threats of reprisal from the communist government of East Berlin. In West Berlin, volunteers get food packages ready including lard, flour, condensed milk, beans, and peas. Women pick up their allotments and put them in shopping bags. A crowd milling around in front of buildings, with many camping overnight and waiting their turn to get food having come from as far away as the border with Czechoslovakia and the Baltic Coast.
German newspapers and weekly magazines and propaganda in Germany, seen in stacks at a newsstand. Timeframe is before World War 2, during control of NSDAP and the Nazi party. Der Sturmer headline features article about The Jews in history of Berlin ("Die Juden in der Geschichte Berlin"). Door signs read "Droysenstrasse 16," likely on door of apartment residences at Droysenstraße 16, 10629 Berlin, Germany (in the Charlottenburg district). Name tag for "Karl Reimer" seen on another door (possibly a resident in that building?). View of a printed public announcement stating that, because of high treason to the German people, the following persons were executed today: Joachim Klauser; Heinz Kuhnert; Wolfgang Bart. Various pictures depicting "Hitlerjugend -- Hitler Youth"; "Arbeitsdienst -- Labor Service"; "Jungmadels -- Young Girls"'; "Schutzstaffel -- Black Shirts"; and "Kraft Durch Freude -- Strength Through Joy."
Crowd of people on the street during German Revolution at conclusion of World War I. Soldiers carrying a howitzer and trying to position it in front of the Kaiser's palace (Also called Kaiser-Wilhelm Palais or Altes Palais). Group of soldiers installing a howitzer inside the palace with the help of ladder. Huge crowd of cheerful people celebrating the proclamation of a Republic Germany shortly after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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