A Film Unfinished

The film, "A film unfinished",is based off of clips shot by a German propaganda filming crew. It was meant to ease the minds of people who had rising suspisions of poor conditions in the Warsaw ghetto (and other ghettoes). The camera men would set up different "skits" where Jewish people would act out scenarios that you would see in every day life. For anyone watching the film, you would get the impression that the Jews were able to have a normal and happy life. The first part of movie showed scenes of the wealthier Jews in the Warsaw ghetto There was a coctail party where Jewish woman wore beautiful dresses and they were seen dancing with handsome-healthy Jewish men. They laughed, danced, and drank what looked like champagne. There were then shots of the many poor and malnourished Jews. One scene that stuck in my mind was the woman who was screaming on the streets holding a child in her arms. The second half shows the "skits" and then real life un-edited versions of what really happened in the ghetto. There were weddings, funerals, parties, and gatherings shown. The woman commentating said that Jewish didn't bury their dead in coffins, which was shown in the funeral skit. Near the end, there was film which showed Jewish people just walking around the corpses on the streets without even looking. They made it seem like the Jewish people had to pity on the poor, when in actuality they did. I was incredibly disturbed by this movie. It infuriated me watching the Jewish being forced to play dress up and look happy. Conditions were terrible and people were so unhappy. Watching the dead bodies being slid down a wooden slide into a giant hole is an image that I will never be able to get out of my mind. I don't understand how something so horrific was able to happen with the world just standing by. The movie was interesting, but I will never feel the same about the Holocaust again.