The Eternal Jew is a 1940 German
documentary on the Jews of Eastern Europe. Its title in German is Der ewige
Jude. At the insistence of Germany's Minister for Public Enlightenment, Joseph
Goebbels, the film was directed by Fritz Hippler. The screenplay is credited to
Eberhard Taubert. The film consists of feature and documentary footage combined
with materials filmed shortly after the occupation of Poland. At this time
Poland's Jewish population was about three million, roughly ten percent of the
total population. Actor Harry Giese (1903–1991) narrated.
The documentary shows Jewish ghettos, Jews in Palestine, Jewish
Religious ceremonies, Jewish history, and kosher Jewish ritual slaughter. While
the film is an in depth study of Jewish existence, it only glances for some
aspects of Judaism. It says, "The bobbing motion is part of the jewish
ritual for reading Jewish scriptures." However, it does not explain how
they can read small letters with their head moving, which is near impossible
and should cause motion sickness. The film helped promote kinder slaughter of
animals after audiences witnessed the kosher method which requires animals to
be conscious as they slowly bleed to death, which the film showed was a long
and painful experience.
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