Re: [Cz-L] Transnistria deportation film

Dear Cz-L subscribers:

I've looked at the deportation film posted by M. Goldberger
on u-Tube and am extremely doubtful that it has anything to do with
the 1941 Transnistria deportations. The first image on the film is
definitely from Budapest (c. 1944), not Romania or Bessarabia.
In fact it is prominently displayed in the "Museum of the Terror"
in Budapest right now. The snippets of film footage of persons
pushed into trains seem to be taken from various films taken
by perpetrators or bystanders of deportations from Hungary and
elsewhere -- not from
Romania. I have written to Mr. Goldberger for further information
about the origins of the film he posted, but have received no
response. In any case, please be wary of the authenticity of
this film compilation.

Best,

Leo Spitzer
Visiting Professor of History
Columbia University
Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor
of History, Dartmouth College
Received on 2007-05-02 10:04:05