JDC aids refugees, DPs
Creator(s)
- National Center for Jewish Film
- Paul V. Falkenberg (Producer)
- Paul V. Falkenberg (Director)
Scope and Content
Warburg speaking intercut with: Various JDC headquarters NYC and Paris (Leavitt and Schwartz). JDC supply trucks and warehouses in Europe. Memorial ceremonies: Rome, Munich. Shots of DPs eating various places. Liberation footage. UN meeting. Warsaw: Ghetto ruins, TOZ hospital, nursery (pre-war?), JDC warehouse, TB sanatorium, orphanage. Bricha: DPs get onto trains, along road, into Czechoslovakia, into buses, trucks, Bratislava camp and trains. Prague: Service (JDC supplied torah). JDC meeting, children's home. Loan co-op office, small businesses. Budapest: Clothing warehouse. Canteen. Germany: DP camp, people living in barracks. Central Comm. of Jews in the Am. Zone meet. Outdoor class (Palestine lesson). Retraining. Zeltliz - Hachshara farm. Italy: Hachshara farm. Convalesant home. Maritime Hachshara. France: Moissac (?) orphanage activies, training, Sabbath. Survivor talks about his desire to go to Palestine. Recap with similar footage. Hora.
Note(s)
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See Story 2560, Film ID 522 for similar footage of this JDC film. Additional Film Credits: Narration: Edward M.M. Warburg (Chairman, JDC) Written by: Raphael Levy Film Supervision: Al Paul Lefton Traditional Chants: Rev. Pinchos Jassinowsky The film is composed of footage photographed for the JDC in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy and Germany.
Subjects
- WARSAW GHETTO
- TRAINS
- CEREMONIES
- BRICHA
- GERMANY
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
- GHETTOS
- ORPHANS
- JDC (JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE)
- MEMORIALS
- ITALY
- SCHOOLS
- UNITED NATIONS
- SURVIVORS
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- CHILDREN (JEWISH)
- TRUCKS
- CHILDREN
- JEWS
- FRANCE
- ZIONISTS/ZIONISM
- DANCING
- LIBERATION
- SABBATH
- HOSPITALS
- TORAH SCROLLS
Places
- Paris, France
- , Czechoslovakia
- Rome, Italy
- Munich, Germany
- , Poland
- Argeles, France
- New York, NY, United States
Genre
- Documentary.
- Film