Ostland Woche №25279 (1942)

Newsreel №63330, 2 parts, Duration: 0:15:15 B/W
Studio UFA

Reel №1

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Lithuanian General Commissioner Theodor Adrian von Renteln attends a ceremonial gathering in the Kaunas theatre to celebrate the harvest festival.

Residents and soldiers are in the hall.

Peasants in national costumes present Renteln with agricultural produce: potatoes, vegetables, fruit, a sheaf of wheat, fabric samples, and a woman presents a basket of bread and salt.

Renteln presents the best peasants with honorary diplomas and delivers a speech.

At the end, amateur groups perform folk dances.

A close-up of a banner decorated with flowers: "Lithuania welcomes the Reich Commissioner".

The arrival of Reich Commissioner of Ostland Heinrich Lohse in Lithuania, he is met by Lithuanian General Commissioner Theodor Adrian von Renteln and other officials.

A girl in national costume presents bread and salt.

The Reich Commissioner delivers a speech to residents on the market square of the town of Biržai.

A ceremony of remembrance of Lithuanian and German soldiers was held at the cemetery of the villages of Lebežiūnai and Podžiūnai.

Wreaths were laid at the graves.

Crossing the Neman by ferry, the Reich Commissioner and General Kubiliūnas visit the farmstead, inspect the outbuildings.

Keywords

Lithuania, 1942 year, state, figures, personalities, peasants, folk dances, Lithuania, 1942 year, World War 2, state, figures, personalities, visits, memorial ceremony, laying of wreaths, agriculture

Reel №2

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