Sport events; opening of new synagogue in Munich; Landsberg DP camp
Creator(s)
- Mr. George Kadish
- George Kadish (Camera Operator)
Biographical History
George Kadish, born Zvi (Hirsh) Kadushin (1910- 1997), was a Lithuanian Jewish photographer who documented life in the Kovno Ghetto during the Holocaust. Prior to World War II he was a mathematics, science and electronics teacher at a Hebrew High School in Kovno, Lithuania. As a hobby, Kadish was a photographer. He was skilled at making home-made cameras. During the period of Nazi control of Lithuania he successfully photographed various scenes of life and its difficulties in the ghetto in clandestine circumstances. Kadish constructed cameras by which he could photograph through the buttonhole of his coat or over a window sill. He was able to photograph sensitive scenes that would attract the ire of Nazis or collaborators, such as scenes of people gathered for forced labor, burning of the ghetto, and deportations. He enlisted the help of Yehuda Zupowitz, a high-ranking officer in the ghetto's Jewish police to help hide his negatives and prints. Kadish retrieved the collection of photographic negatives upon his return to the destroyed ghetto. After Germany's surrender on May 8, 1945, Kadish left Lithuania with his extrordinary documentary trove for Germany. There in the American Zone, he mounted exhibitions of his photographs for survivors residing in displaced persons camps. He also filmed and photographed life in the displaced persons camps in Germany.
Scope and Content
Life in the Landsberg displaced persons camp. DP children writing in journals. Hebrew "Olympiad" sports events: calisthenics, flag-raising, ceremony, spectators, track races, high jump, sack races, crowd, award ceremony. People gathered in streets, on bicycles. DPs getting off truck. DP family walking slowly down road. Raking/gardening. Children, families, playing in park. Babies. Girls dancing the Hora. INT, men talking at table. EXT, synagogue in Neu Freimann DP camp. 01:06:31 Dedication of a new synagogue on Reichenbach Street in Munich, Germany on May 20, 1947 (see Photo Archive WS 22228). Among those present are Lucius D. Clay, commanding officer of the US occupation zone, Walter J. Muller, Hans Ehard and Philipp Auerbach. INTs, men praying and listening to various speakers (religious, military, etc.) from pulpit. Torah scrolls, religious service. 01:10:18 In Landsberg, religious man unpacking torah scroll from cardboard box. Military men distribute yarmulkes, tallit, tefillin. Boys reading Hebrew prayerbook, elder looks on/teaches children. Men at yeshiva: reading, studying Hebrew, davening. Elder man talking to military officer. Child survivor Samuel Bak from Vilna paints a ghetto scene. A woman comes over and looks at the painting over his shoulder. Man painting poster with "6,000,000" inscription. Pan of more artwork. Violinist is David Arben, a famous camp survivor. He was the youngest musician in the Ex-Concentration Camp Orchestra and served more than a decade of tenure as concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Piano. Playing chess. Men waiting in line, buying newspapers.
Note(s)
See also Story 95 and 96, Film ID 143 for some duplicate footage.
Film also called "141 longer version".
Subjects
- SPORTS/GAMES
- TRUCKS
- JEWS
- PAINTINGS
- NEWSPAPERS
- CHILDREN (JEWISH)
- RELIGIOUS SERVICES (JEWISH)
- SYNAGOGUES
- VIOLINS
- CROWDS
- SURVIVORS (JEWISH)
- SPECTATORS
- CEREMONIES
- POSTWAR
- DANCING
- CLAY, LUCIUS D.
- ATHLETES
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS
- PARKS
- HEBREW
- ART
- FLAGS
- TEACHERS
- BABIES
- FAMILIES
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- PRAYING
- GERMANY
- TORAH SCROLLS
- LANDSBERG
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
- SPEECHES
- MUSIC
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
- BICYCLES
Places
- Munich, Germany
- Neu Freimann, Germany
- Landsberg, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.