Świat biedy i wyzysku w dawnym Waldenburgu w I połowie XX wieku na przykładzie filmu Um's tägliche Brot – Hunger in Waldenburg (O chleb powszedni – Głód w Wałbrzychu)

• Authors: Natalia Południak

Title variants

EN

The world of poverty and exploitation in the former Waldenburg in the first half of the 20th century on the example of the film „Um's tägliche Brot – Hunger in Waldenburg” ("For daily bread – Hunger in Wałbrzych")

Abstracts

EN

After the end of World War I, the economic situation of Germany, but also of many other countries, deteriorated drastically. Inflation unprecedented on such a large scale has left many people in dire poverty. It was especially visible in the Wałbrzych Basin, where some mines, which were the main place of employment for the local population, were closed. In the chapter entitled The world of poverty and exploitation in the former Waldenburg in the first half of the 20th century on the example of the film "Um's tägliche Brot – Hunger in Waldenburg" ("For daily bread – Hunger in Wałbrzych"), Natalia Południak analyses the economic and social situation of workers living in Wałbrzych in the mid-twentieth century. The aim of the chapter is to show how working-class families lived in a highly industrialized region and how they were exploited by factory owners, including the Hochberg family from Książ Castle. The research was based on secondary sources and the descriptive method was used. Leo Lania took advantage of this difficult situation in Wałbrzych and made the film "Um's tägliche Brot – Hunger in Waldenburg" ("For daily bread – Hunger in Wałbrzych"). The city's inhabitants appear in the film. It is a silent film with subtitles in German, which, however, were not allowed by censorship and removed from the film. Phil Jutzi was the director and cinematographer. Count Alexander Stenbock-Fermor also showed interested in the situation of Wałbrzych workers by publishing his book Deutschland von Unten. Reise durch die Proletarische Provinz in 1931. He presented statistical data that he managed to collect, but also wrote down reports of what he saw when visiting Wałbrzych families. After Adolf Hitler came to power, the film was not shown in cinemas and was forgotten for many years. The inhabitants of Wałbrzych saw it for the first time in 2010 in the Old Mine of Science and Art Center in Wałbrzych.

Keywords

EN

poverty; Wałbrzych; Leo Lania; count Alexander Stenbock-Fermor; Um's tägliche Brot – Hunger in Waldenburg; film

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta
• Journal: Facta Ficta. Journal of Theory, Narrative & Media
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 9-23

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Natalia Południak

• https://orcid.org/0000000339778111

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2011072