Jewish life in Radom, 1936

Jewish life and the synagogue in Radom, Poland in 1936, filmed by an unknown cameraperson. The film was produced by the Radom Society/Club and includes Manny (Mendel) Sztainberg and his uncles, Jacob and Stanley. Added musical track, not original to the silent film, and captions. Well-dressed people walking in street, summer. 01:16 Radom Synagogue. Exterior views. Congregants in courtyard. Men in prayer shawls. 03:25 View from window to street. Teenage girls and boys leaving synagogue. 04:05 Families leaving and walking on street. 04:20 Family walking in street with crowd. Husband, wife and three daughters. Many people continue walking on street and waving at camera. 06:04 Procession enters grassy area, perhaps a courtyard, some holding hands in a circle. 08:27 Sign on building visible- "KUCHNIA i PRALNIA" [kitchen and laundry] 10:12 Bearded man in small treed field with wood fence. 10:30 Men playing chess with many boys watching. 13:45 View of building exterior, 3 floors. 14:13 Title card: "We are coming to the Mikwah-Gas packed with people" Low building. People in courtyard. Weather is cooler, possibly in Fall. 14:50 Manny Sztainberg and his little brother Jacob with their grandfather Mordka Grosfeld. 15:15 Many women and girls. Man with two buckets.15:46 Title card: "We are now in yard of Laibish Potashnik Baker-Inzsarshkew" Families of various ages in courtyard. 17:18 Well-dressed men and women outside. Woman in fur shawl. 17:48 Title card: "We come now in yard on Altershtut. Plenty Radomer here" Houses with larger building in background. Many people outside. 19:26 Title card "Now we see the Ezra and their leaders" Well dressed men and women outside. Shaking hands. 21:26 Sign on building in Polish on left/Hebrew on right "Stowarzyszenie NIESIENIA POMOCY BIEDNYM CHORYM m Radomia EZRA" 21:33 Title card: "We see the Bysoilem where we left our dear ones" Long brick wall with iron gate. Cemetery. Gravestones, some close up. 24:46 Men and women at gravesite, perhaps a new grave stone. Hebrew writing on marker. Man saying prayers. 25:34 Woman on ground mourning at gravesite. 28:04 Gated gravesite with obelisk. 29:21 Two men in uniform in carriage drawn by two horses 30:12 Men and women dancing in circles [same location as 8:27]. 31:24 Men and women dressed in white in second floor window. Children in window. Continued dancing and waving in street. 32:34 Farm house that may be falling down. 32:42 Title card: "This is the end of our beloved City of Radom" 32:48 Text (not original to the film) detailing what happened to the Jews of Radom. 33:34 End.