Displaced persons at Zeilsheim camp around 1947
Creator(s)
- Gratz College
- Gratz College
- Gilbert Adelman (Camera Operator)
- Lorna J. Adelman
- (Subject)
Biographical History
Lorna J. Adelman joined her husband, Gilbert, in Wiesbaden, Germany after World War II from 1946 to 1948. Gil was a dentist with the United States Army. They worked in a hospital and assisted displaced persons.
Scope and Content
Quick pan of men with a flag at the Zeilsheim Displaced Persons camp in Germany. A young child eats an apple and stares at the camera. Posters tacked to tree trunks showing photographs of men and writing in Hebrew. 00:00:38 Outdoors, an archway decorated with a menorah, a star of David, and Hebrew/English inscriptions, including "Jewish Scout Camp". A large number of scouts -- teenaged boys and girls in uniform -- stand in rows while a white flag bearing a star of David is raised. Children and adults march behind the flag bearers. In Wiesbaden (?). A woman, possibly Lorna Adelman, with a wounded eye walks toward the camera and waves, followed by a young man in U.S. Army uniform, possibly Dr. Gilbert Adelman, and another man with wire-rimmed glasses and suspenders.
Note(s)
This film was shot at 12 frames per second, a common frame rate for 8mm use during the day. This means that movements within scenes, whether of the camera or the subjects, tend to shutter across the screen. Film stock is of undetermined manufacture. More details about the film can be found at http://www.gratz.edu/pages/dp-camps
Subjects
- HEBREW
- JEWS
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS
- ZEILSHEIM
- FLAGS
- SCOUTS
- ZIONISTS/ZIONISM
- EATING
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- MARCHING
- UNIFORMS
- PHOTOGRAPHS
- CHILDREN (JEWISH)
- STARS OF DAVID
Places
- Wiesbaden, Germany
- Zeilsheim, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Amateur.