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View of a crude fort made of metal sheet and sandbags protecting a settlement in the Valley of Jezreal.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 81288
View of a crude fort made of metal sheet and sandbags protecting a settlement in the Valley of Jezreal. Photograph is used on page 195 of Robert Gessner's "Some of My Best Friends are Jews." The typed caption attached to the photograph reads, "Crude fortress protecting Zionist collective farm in the Valley of Esrraelon [sic]."

View of a crude fort made of metal sheet and sandbags protecting a settlement in the Valley of Jezreal.

Photograph is used on page 195 of Robert Gessner's "Some of My Best Friends are Jews." The typed caption attached to the photograph reads, "Crude fortress protecting Zionist collective farm in the Valley of Esrraelon [sic]."

Photographer
Robert Gessner
Date
1933 - 1935
Locale
Palestine/Israel
Variant Locale
Israel
Photo Designation
JEWISH LIFE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- Views
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Peter Gessner

About This Photograph

Biography
Robert Gessner was born October 23, 1907, in Escanaba, Michigan. He received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1929 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1930. He grew up in a predominantly non-Jewish environment but became increasingly aware of antisemitism as a young man. After the rise of Hitler, Gessner began the study of Jewish history and decided to write his next book analyzing the rise of antisemitism, not only in Germany but around the world. In April 1933 he sailed to England to chronicle in film and still photography the Jewish communities in Europe. His travels took him to England, France, Germany, Poland, Lithuania (Vilna) Russia and Palestine, and in 1936 he published the book "Some of My Best Friends are Jews." After his return he became a professor of film studies at NYU and became a leader in the emerging field of cinematology.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Artifact Photographer
Peter Gessner

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Peter Gessner
Source Record ID: Collections: 2014.534.1
 
Record last modified: 2015-06-03 00:00:00
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