Overview
- Collection Summary
- These films were taken by Nathan Okon during the 1930s and 1940s on trips to Suchostowa and Zborow and in New York City during Landsmanshaften association events, including a welcome-home dance for service men after World War II. Mr. Okon had a wholesale fur business and would visit relatives in his hometown and his wife’s hometown during business trips to Europe in the 1930s.These are the only known films of these Jewish communities, which were almost entirely destroyed during the Holocaust, and the Landsmanshaften.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Administrative Notes
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum digitized the film originals from the Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York) collections in 2019-2020.
- Film Source
- Museum of Jewish Heritage
Browse 5 Items In This Collection
Prewar Zborow
Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7271 | Film ID: 4591
Prewar Zborow
Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7272 | Film ID: 4592
Zborow Association in New York
Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7273 | Film ID: 4593
Suchostaw Association gatherings in New York
Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7274 | Film ID: 4594, 4595, 4596, 4597, 4598
Prewar Suchostaw
Film | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7275 | Film ID: 4599
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