Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee speak

Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee speak 

The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee members stand at podium and appeal for the world to oppose Hitler. Solomon Mikhoels, director of Yiddish Theater, is first to take the stand. Peretz Markesh, the poet, speaks briefly. Sergei Eisenstein, film director, speaks from notes in English on the same theme. Larger group seen as they sign a document calling for world Jewry to oppose Hitler. Signators include Ilya Ehrenbourg. 

Original film can label reads"Chronos / Dokuments / Akt ". The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Film and Video department received this particular footage without asking for it. Identification from Brewster Chamberlain and Martin Smith's notes.