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Prewar Pacanow and Aleksandrów, Poland

Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7170 | Film ID: 4508

Home movies taken by Abraham (Abe) Hershkowitz while visiting family in Pacanow and Aleksandrów, Poland in 1934 including local villagers, street scenes in Pacanow, family members, water carrier, children's home, and a market.


Film Title
Untitled -- Abraham Hershkowitz -- home movies
Duration
00:09:03
Date
Event:  1934
Locale
Pacanow, Poland
Aleksandrów, Poland
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Amateur.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Museum of Jewish Heritage

About This Film

Contributor
Camera Operator: Abraham Hershkowitz
Biography
Abraham (Abe) Hershkowitz was an active member and organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers union in the 1930s. He was also a journalist, writing in Yiddish for the Forward and contributing to the union magazine.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Excellent
Time Code
01:00:00:00 to 01:08:22:00
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
This home movie was donated to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in 2000 by Lawrence Harris, the grandson ofAbraham Hershkowitz. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum digitized several amateur film originals from the Museum of Jewish Heritage collections (New York) in 2019-2020.
Copied From
16mm bw reversal original
Film Source
Museum of Jewish Heritage
File Number
Source Archive Number: MI 91-0007MR
Lender Number: IL2019.1.4

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Conditions on Use
For permission to reproduce and use the materials, contact the Museum of Jewish Heritage at collections@mjhnyc.org with the subject line "Reference Inquiry" or "Licensing Request".

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:05:20
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