Jacoby family in Biecz and other small towns in SE Poland

Film | Accession Number: 2006.455.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4573 | Film ID: 2834

Traveling shot of Biecz, Poland (near Krakow). CUs, Grandmother and Grandfather Jacoby. Family portrait: Mark Jacoby (donor) stands at the left with his Grandmother and Grandfather seated, and his cousin, Ciela (12), next to his brother, Willis. Cousin playing. CU, Ciela and her mother. Family poses again. Various shots of Biecz homes and establishments. A small train station in Siepietnica village, sign reading "Siepietnica". More family portraits. Children play on horse; Mark with local boys. Group shot of a family in the neighboring Polish village of Raclawice, cow, fields, farmland. 00:09:21 Mark's Uncle Joel, the only member of the family to survive the Holocaust. Mark on his Grandfather's horse and cart.

Film Title: Visit to Biecz and Europe -- Samuel Jacoby -- home movies
Duration: 00:05:02
Date: Event: August-September 1936
Locale: Poland
Biecz, Poland
Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Amateur.
Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Mark and Susanne Jacoby

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Contributor: Camera Operator: Samuel Jacoby
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Mixed
Time Code: 00:04:14:00 to 00:09:16:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2834 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Preservation
Preservation 2834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
Keyword: CARTS/WAGONS
FAMILIES
JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
JEWS
POLAND
POLES
VILLAGES
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: Samuel and Marie Jacoby borrowed $2000 from a Home Savings and Loan for a trip to Europe with their sons Willis (17) and Mark (12) from August to September 1936. It was Samuel's first visit to his home in Biecz, Poland in 25 years; he was one of seven children. The family took the SS Champlain and spent two weeks visiting relatives, the synagogue, Jewish communal schools, and the library in Biecz. The Jacobys stopped in Budapest to visit Marie's family and then toured other European cities. They sailed back to the their home in Wilmington, DE on the SS Lafayette. Samuel documented their travels with 8mm film camera. Mark Jacoby donated his father's home movies to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1996.
Note: Biecz lies in the hills of the Ropa River, near the Carpathian Mountains. The town suffered heavy losses of population during WWII. Many young Jews were deported to Plaszow. On August 14, 1942, the Gestapo surrounded Biecz and murdered a third of the Jewish population on the market square. The remaining Jews were sent to Belzec. Only a handful survived the Holocaust.
Copied From: 8mm
Film Source: Susanne Jacoby
File Number: Legacy Database File: 4917
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.
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Video copy of 8mm black and white home movies of the Jacoby family’s visit to Biecz, Poland and other European cities in 1936. Samuel and Marie Jacoby borrowed $2,000 from a Home Savings and Loan for a trip to Europe with their sons, Willis (17) and Mark (12), from August to September 1936. It was Samuel's first visit to his home in Biecz, Poland in 25 years. The family took the SS Champlain and spent two weeks visiting relatives, the synagogue, Jewish communal schools, and the library in Biecz. The Jacobys stopped in Budapest to visit Marie's family and then toured other European cities. They sailed back to their home in Wilmington, DE on the SS Lafayette. Samuel documented their travels with an 8mm film camera.

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