Robert Gessner Film Collection

Film Collection | Accession Number: 2014.534

Collection Summary: Robert Gessner was a Jewish American screenwriter, author of several books, and founder of the Cinema Studies program at New York University. He traveled to several European countries in 1934 and shot the footage donated to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum by his son, Peter. The footage was severely compromised and required a re-plasticization procedure that lasted months before transfers could be safely made. The footages shows Jewish life in prewar Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Palestine, Minsk, and Warsaw among other places. Gessner wrote a book about his journey in 1936 called "Some of My Best Friends are Jews" in which he explicitly warned of antisemitism and the Nazi threat in Europe.
Credit: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Peter Gessner

B&W / Color: Black & White
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Source: Mr. Peter Gessner
Date: Event: 1934
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Date: Event: Fall 1934
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