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City street scenes

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.9.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4721 | Film ID: 2861

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    City street scenes

    Overview

    Description
    Very dark interior shots followed by a brief scene at the beach at Snekkersten and then street scenes in Elsinore (Helsingør), Denmark. "Spredte Traeck fra Fam. Schermeisters. Tilvaereise." [Small Notes from the Schermeister Family. Life.] The street scenes show quick cuts of alleys, people in the street on bicycles, shops, a newspaper headline announcing Von Papen as vice chancellor, and the exterior of the Hotel Øresund.
    Duration
    00:00:49
    Date
    Event:  1933
    Locale
    Snekkersten, Denmark
    Elsinore, Denmark
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dov Kischinovsky
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Bernhard Schermeister
    Subject: Lis Kischinovsky
    Biography
    The films show Lis Kischinovsky (nee Schermeister, b. August 11, 1922) and her family in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s. On the morning of Rosh Hashana in October 1943, the Schermeister family was warned of the impending round-up. Lis and her boyfriend left Copenhagen for Snekkersten, where the family had spent many vacations. They were then smuggled to Sweden by a fisherman and landed at Landskrona, where they met up with the rest of the Schermeister family who arrived on another shipping vessel. The next day Lis's father Bernhard, a milliner who is seen frequently in this film footage, committed suicide. The Schermeister family remained in Stockholm until 1945, when they returned to Copenhagen. They found their apartment inhabited by other people but a neighbor had stored all of their possessions for them. The donor, Dov (Bjorn) Kischinovksy, was born in Copenhagen in 1950 to Lis and Avraham Kischinovsky. Dov has an older brother, Mogens, born in 1947.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:00:15:00 to 01:01:04:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - silent - answer print
      Master 2861 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - silent - answer print
      Master 2861 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - silent - answer print
      Master 2861 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - silent - answer print
      Master 2861 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2861 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      Preservation 2861 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      Preservation 2861 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      Preservation 2861 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Kischinovsky, Dr. Dov
    Conditions on Use
    The Museum does not own the copyright for this material and does not have authority to authorize third party use. For permission, please contact the rights holder, Mr. Dov Kischinovsky.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Dov Kischinovsky loaned his grandmother's family films in 9.5mm to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2008. The Museum created a 16mm black and white film print for the Archive and returned to original to the donor in February 2009.
    Note
    Elsinore is a few kilometers from Snekkersten, and probably where the Schermeisters went to purchase food and other items while staying the summer in Snekkersten.
    Film Source
    Kischinovsky, Dr. Dov
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5084
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:18
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