Orthodox Jews in Biecz, Poland
Creator(s)
- Susanne Jacoby
- Mendel Halpern (Subject)
- Samuel Jacoby (Camera Operator)
Biographical History
Mendel Halpern was killed in Buchenwald concentration camp one day before liberation.
Scope and Content
In Biecz, Poland, 1936, pan of town, street scenes, CUs Jewish boys, including Mendel Halpern on left at 00:09:43 and 00:09:45 (boy with curls). Town hall, Orthodox Jews. Fast pan of shops, streets, pavillion, Jews, the boy Mendel Halpern (00:10:10), Hebrew writing on building EXT, Library. More pan of the village.
Note(s)
An unrelated slate showing Wilmington, DE (Jacoby's home town) follows this clip for three seconds.
Biecz lies in the hills of the Ropa River, near the Carpathian Mountains. The town suffered heavy losses of population during WWII. Many young Jews were deported to Plaszow. On August 14, 1942, the Gestapo surrounded Biecz and murdered a third of the Jewish population on the market square. The remaining Jews were sent to Belzec. Only a handful survived the Holocaust.
Subjects
- POLAND
- LIBRARIES
- JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
- VILLAGES
- JEWS
- ORTHODOX JEWS
- STREETS
Places
- Biecz, Poland
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film