Still photograph from the Nazi propaganda film, “Der Fuehrer Schenkt den Juden eine Stadt” [The Fuehrer gives the Jews a City]. Theresienstadt inmates working in the SS vegetable gardens. This work brigade was called the Stab Garten and was greatly increased in size for the filming.

“There were gardens, and we worked in them, but they were only to feed the SS. You could be deported (to the death camps) for taking one potato.” Helga Hoskova spent two and a half years at Thereisenstadt.

The SS, seeking to exploit the beautification efforts undertaken at Theresienstadt in preparation for the Red Cross visit of June 23, 1944, decided to produce a film about the ghetto for propaganda use in Germany.

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‘Looking at the UBC Farm’ (Part 1 above)
Video by Linda Flechter and Jennifer Rashleigh
In 2 parts on YouTube

This film looks at urban agriculture and community development at UBC Farm/Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, a 24 hectare area, which is under threat of development. UBC Farm is at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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