Overview
- Collection Summary
- Amateur films taken by Jewish dentist, Dr. Abraham Banen, during his U.S. Army service in Europe during World War II. Dr. Banen recorded on film the liberation of forced labor camps, U.S. soldiers crossing the Elbe river, displaced German civilians, a prisoner of war camp, female Jewish survivors near Rostow showing their prisoner tattoos, GIs in Paris, and bombed out German cities. Sequences are introduced with handmade intertitles.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- In process
- Film Source
- Museum of Jewish Heritage
Browse 4 Items In This Collection
U.S. 8th Infantry in the Rhineland
Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7175 | Film ID: 4513
Elbe river crossing; Woebbelin after liberation; POW camp
Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7176 | Film ID: 4514
Survivors with concentration camp tattoos; USO performance; Russian soldiers
Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7178 | Film ID: 4516
GIs in Paris, Brussels, and Düren
Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7179 | Film ID: 4517
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 22:05:20
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn722688