Overview
- Description
- Life at Zeilsheim DP camp (a small German town converted into a DP center), including a protest march and Robinson family members in various settings.
All footage shot in camp. Fay and Alice play in snow, houses in BG. Joseph (born in Zeilsheim on August 25, 1946) in the baby carriage. Children play near house. Children and adults march, carrying flag of Star of David, in celebration of Lag B'Omer. Robinson family, including parents Ephraim and Sarah and children Fay, Alice, and Joseph, walk past sign "Zeilsheim Assembly Center, UNRRA Team." Robinson family entertains visitors. Children play and dance. Fay's birthday meal at indoor table (Fay is dressed in the dark velvet dress). Outdoor community ceremony, large crowd, number of American soldiers in uniform. Symbol of menorah over doorway as men walk in, small sign to right says library. Large sign over building says "Fachschule ORT." Men behind long dais outside, Jewish police. Various speakers. Men standing on roof with Star of David on it. Zionist anti-British demonstration of mostly men in the streets of town, banners praising Truman, urging right to go to Palestine, American MPs speaking and gesturing to men in crowd, clearly tension present. Large entry gate archway with sign "IRO Assembly Center 557" and welcome banner. Men walk down street, MCU of group of children who wait for these men. - Film Collection Title
- Ephraim Mayer Robinson Collection
- Duration
- 00:14:12
- Date
-
Event:
1945-1948
Production: 1946-1948
- Locale
-
Zeilsheim,
Germany
- Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Alice Lev
- Contributor
-
Camera Operator:
Ephraim M. Robinson
- Biography
-
Ephraim Mayer Robinson (originally from Warsaw, Poland) and his wife Sarah (originally from Bessarabia) returned from Uzbekistan to Sarah's home town Romanovka in Bessarabia near the end of the war. From there, they hopped the border as refugees. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society sent them to the Zeilsheim DP camp in October 1945.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Amateur.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:01:07:00 to 01:15:19:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 311 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 311 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - print
Master 311 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 311 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - print
Master 311 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 311 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - print
Master 311 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 311 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - print- Preservation
Preservation 311 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind
Preservation 311 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 311 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 311 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind
Preservation 311 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 311 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 311 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind
Preservation 311 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 311 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 311 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind
Preservation 311 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 311 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Conditions on Use
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum places no restrictions on use of this material. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this film footage.
- Copyright Holder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- BIRTHDAYS CEREMONIES CHILDREN CHILDREN (JEWISH) CROWDS DANCING DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS EATING FAMILIES FLAGS FOOD GERMANY JEWISH POLICE MARCHING ORT (ORGN FOR REHABILITATION AND TRAINING) PARADES PLAYING POLICE SIGNS/POSTERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SPEECHES STARS OF DAVID STREETS UNIFORMS UNRRA ZEILSHEIM ZIONISTS/ZIONISM
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- Alice Lev, the cameraman's daughter, donated an album of photos of Zeilsheim DP camp to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives and sent the 16mm film reel to the Museum's Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive in May 1992. Ms. Lev officially donated the footage in June 2005.
- Note
- Black screen from 01:11:25 to 01:11:35.
Additional Betacam SP copy made from original film in December 2001 with time code 01:00:00 to 01:17:23 (white screen from 01:13:43 to 01:13:49). - Film Source
- Mrs. Alice R. Lev
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1057
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:00:42
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