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date: 1941 April
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note: This film documents the action carried out by the Grossdeutschland regiment in reprisal for the killing of four German soldiers by unidentified snipers on April 18, 1941. Altogether 22 Serbian civilians were hanged in the Pancevo city cemetery, while 18 more were publicly shot against the cemetery wall by troops with the regiment. The film is accompanied by Gottfried Kessel's commentary. Kessel was a Propaganda Kompanie (PK) cameraman attached to the Grossdeutschland regiment of the German army.
scope and content: Color. Scenes showing life on a farm in the Banat region. On the farm lives Paula (first shown in a pink dress) and her family. Paula seems to have been Kessel's girlfriend (?). Paula smiles at the camera and plays with her young brother. Shot of Paula's mother reading a Nazi newspaper called Volksruf. Paula and members of her family clown for the camera. 01:20:53 Kessel plays with Paula's younger brother. Shots of other villagers.
title: Farm and villagers in the Banat region