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Jewish quarter in Poland

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.31.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4831 | Film ID: 2870

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    Jewish quarter in Poland

    Overview

    Description
    Street scenes, dark, people gathered, automobile. Interior shots of a restaurant (probably Owsianka) in a Jewish quarter in Nasielsk, Poland, many people looking inside the window in clear view. Several wonderful street scenes of people, especially children, in the Jewish quarter grinning and vying for the camera's attention. A sign above a shop indicates a grocery, "Spozywczy".

    Some people have been identified, including: Shmuel Tyk and Faiga Milchberg at 01:11:25, Chaim Talmud and Shmuel Tyk at 01:11:56, Simcha Rotstein and Avrum Kubel at 01:12:04, Yitzhak Borts at 01:12:09, Srebro at 01:12:11, Chaim Nusen Cwajghaft at 01:12:24, Chezkiah and Chaim Nusen Cwajghaft at 01:12:34.

    Only approximately 80 of the 3,000 Jews living in Nasielsk in 1939 survived the war.
    Duration
    00:02:40
    Date
    Event:  1938 August 04
    Locale
    Poland
    Nasielsk, Poland
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Glenn Kurtz
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: David Kurtz
    Biography
    David and Lena (Liza) Kurtz travelled to Europe from New York in 1938. Both were born in Poland and emigrated to the U.S. in the 1890s. David founded the American Blouse Company in the 1920s, later named the David Kurtz Shirt Company. The couple had three children. While abroad in 1938, David took 16mm film of the trip, including color street scenes of a Jewish quarter in Nasielsk, Poland (David and Louis's hometown). The trip was made with three friends, Louis and Lillian Malina, and Louis's sister, Essie Malina Diamond, who appear frequently on camera. David died in 1958; Liza lived to the age of 96.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:11:23:00 to 01:14:03:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w and color - Kodachrome - camera original
      Master 2870 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w and color - Kodachrome - camera original
      Master 2870 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w and color - Kodachrome - camera original
      Master 2870 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w and color - Kodachrome - camera original
      Master 2870 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2870 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2870 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w and color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2870 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2870 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w and color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2870 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2870 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w and color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2870 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2870 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w and color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3272
    • User
    • User 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - workprint - answer print
      User 2870 Video: DVD - color
      User 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - workprint - answer print
      User 2870 Video: DVD - color
      User 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - workprint - answer print
      User 2870 Video: DVD - color
      User 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - workprint - answer print
      User 2870 Video: DVD - color

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Conditions on Use
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum places no restrictions on use of this material. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this film footage.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Glenn Kurtz, the grandson of cameraman David Kurtz, donated his family's original 16mm film to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2009. The films were stored in a cardboard box in the closet of Mr. Kurtz's parents in Florida until spring 2009.
    Note
    Read the 2014 book "Three Minutes in Poland" about this extraordinary home movie. Watch a special video the Museum produced after Maurice Chandler's granddaughter identified him in this film footage at http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9PzAlbvA08

    See black and white footage of the same Jewish quarter in RG-60.4826
    Film Source
    Mr. Glenn Kurtz
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5221
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:49
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