Prewar Zborow

Identifier
irn724942
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2021.89
  • RG-60.7272
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Nathan Okon (Camera operator)
  • Museum of Jewish Heritage

Scope and Content

Zborow in the 1930s and 1940s filmed by Nathan Okon. Mr. Okon had a wholesale fur business and would visit relatives in his hometown (Zborow) and his wife’s hometown (Suchostaw) during business trips to Europe in the 1930s.These are the only known films of these Jewish communities, which were almost entirely destroyed during the Holocaust, and the Landsmanshaften.

Note(s)

  • Refer to MJH sound documentation videotape describing the activity and people appearing in the films.

Places

  • Zborow, Poland

Genre

  • Film
  • Amateur.
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