Overview
- Description
- The Schermeister family play act in the yard at their vacation home in Snekkersten. Edith, the donor's grandmother, appears dressed up in an overcoat, hat, and purse. She sits on a bench and beckons one of the girls. Bernhard whispers in her ear and sits next to her on the bench. View from behind as the girls dress Bernhard in his wife's costume clothing. Bernhard shows off, juggles oranges. One of the girls (Jeanne?) is shown wearing the same outfit. She sits at a table and knits. Her sisters come into the shot and stand beside her.
- Duration
- 00:01:51
- Date
-
Event:
1936
- Locale
-
Snekkersten,
Denmark
- Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dov Kischinovsky
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Lis Kischinovsky
- Biography
-
The films show Lis Kischinovsky (nee Schermeister, b. August 11, 1922) and her family in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s. On the morning of Rosh Hashana in October 1943, the Schermeister family was warned of the impending round-up. Lis and her boyfriend left Copenhagen for Snekkersten, where the family had spent many vacations. They were then smuggled to Sweden by a fisherman and landed at Landskrona, where they met up with the rest of the Schermeister family who arrived on another shipping vessel. The next day Lis's father Bernhard, a milliner who is seen frequently in this film footage, committed suicide. The Schermeister family remained in Stockholm until 1945, when they returned to Copenhagen. They found their apartment inhabited by other people but a neighbor had stored all of their possessions for them. The donor, Dov (Bjorn) Kischinovksy, was born in Copenhagen in 1950 to Lis and Avraham Kischinovsky. Dov has an older brother, Mogens, born in 1947.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Amateur.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:09:32:00 to 01:11:23:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - silent - answer print
Master 2861 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - silent - answer print
Master 2861 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - silent - answer print
Master 2861 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - silent - answer print
Master 2861 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 2861 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
Preservation 2861 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
Preservation 2861 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
Preservation 2861 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2861 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Kischinovsky, Dr. Dov
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum does not own the copyright for this material and does not have authority to authorize third party use. For permission, please contact the rights holder, Mr. Dov Kischinovsky.
- Copyright Holder
- Kischinovsky, Dr. Dov
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- Dov Kischinovsky loaned his grandmother's family films in 9.5mm to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2008. The Museum created a 16mm black and white film print for the Archive and returned to original to the donor in February 2009.
- Note
- Title on DVD: "Villamary Snekkersten"
- Film Source
- Kischinovsky, Dr. Dov
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5126
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:06:30
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