Jewish family at leisure
Creator(s)
- Solomon (Sally) Isenberg (Camera Operator)
- Mark Isenberg
Biographical History
Sally (Salomon) and Erna (nee Marx) Isenberg and their three children, Artur, Helmut, and Norbert, lived in Saarbrücken (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), Loerrach (Germany), and Vaduz (Liechtenstein). Artur came to the United States to attend Harvard University before 1938. The others immigrated in October 1938. The boys served their new country in WWII. Artur worked for the Office of War Information. Helmut and Norbert were deployed overseas in the U.S. Army. Identified family members appearing in the two reels of family film include (the relations to Norbert are indicated): 1) Norbert Isenberg, father of donor, Mark Isenberg, and youngest boy of Sally and Erna (1923-2004) 2) Sally Isenberg; father (1889-1961) 3) Erna Isenberg (nee Marx); mother (1894-1962) 4) Artur, brother (1917-2006) 5) Helmut, brother (1919-1992) 6) Bertha Marx (nee Salomon), maternal grandmother 7) Alice Marx, maternal aunt 8) Julie Isenberg (nee Stahl) paternal grandmother 9) Sigmund Isenberg, paternal uncle 10) Rosa Isenberg (nee Stern), Sigmund's wife 11) Bertha Greif (nee Isenberg), paternal aunt 12) Leo Greif, Bertha's husband 13) Margot Greif, first cousin 14) Nathan Stahl, great uncle (Julie's brother), survived Theresienstadt 15) Hermine Stahl (Nathan's wife), died in Theresienstadt on November 3, 1942 16) Hildegard Stahl Loeb (adopted daughter) 17) Henriette Suesskind (nee Marx), maternal aunt (1882-1940) 18) Rickchen Stahl, paternal great aunt (1858-1933) 19) and 20) Sophie Stern (nee Katzenstein), Rosa's mother, and Sophie Stern's sister 21) Sigmund Stern, Rosa's brother
Scope and Content
Pan, farm/field and manicured gardens. People on the balcony of house wave at the camera. 01:30:12 Sally Isenberg waves to camera. Train pulls into station. Group disembarks and walks along streets. INTs of train, Erna reads newspaper. 01:32:00 In city, Sigmund and Erna approach the camera. Sally takes off his hat. Traffic officer stands in the middle of a busy intersection (maybe Zurich), bikes and cars pass. Pan of city life with shops, cars, pedestrians, trees lining the street. Sigmund and Erna walk past the camera and wave. 01:32:48 View of train tracks from the train window. Signs: "Friedberg", "Bad Nauheim," "Giessen." Empty train station. 01:33:43 Soldiers walk in formation. Man stands in front of his shop; woman with baby carriage.
Note(s)
See files for technical details about the original 16mm films, such as travel ghosting, film grain, or varying exposures.
Identified family members appearing in the two reels of family film include (the relations to Norbert are indicated): 1) Norbert Isenberg, father of donor, Mark Isenberg, and youngest boy of Sally and Erna (1923-2004) 2) Sally Isenberg; father (1889-1961) 3) Erna Isenberg (nee Marx); mother (1894-1962) 4) Artur, brother (1917-2006) 5) Helmut, brother (1919-1992) 6) Bertha Marx (nee Salomon), maternal grandmother 7) Alice Marx, maternal aunt 8) Julie Isenberg (nee Stahl) paternal grandmother 9) Sigmund Isenberg, paternal uncle 10) Rosa Isenberg (nee Stern), Sigmund's wife 11) Bertha Greif (nee Isenberg), paternal aunt 12) Leo Greif, Bertha's husband 13) Margot Greif, first cousin 14) Nathan Stahl, great uncle (Julie's brother), survived Theresienstadt 15) Hermine Stahl (Nathan's wife), died in Theresienstadt on November 3, 1942 16) Hildegard Stahl Loeb (adopted daughter) 17) Henriette Suesskind (nee Marx), maternal aunt (1882-1940) 18) Rickchen Stahl, paternal great aunt (1858-1933) 19) and 20) Sophie Stern (nee Katzenstein), Rosa's mother, and Malchen Stern (nee Katzenstein) 21) Sigmund Stern, Rosa's first cousin 22) Hans Susskind, Norbert's first cousin, incarcerated in a camp in Morocco 23) Herbert Goldsmith, Julie's nephew
Subjects
- TRAINS
- FARMERS/FARMING
- FAMILIES
- JEWS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY
- SHOPS
- JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
- CITIES
- VACATIONS
- CHILDREN (JEWISH)
- STREETS
Places
- , Germany
- , Unknown
Genre
- Film
- Amateur.