Jewish Life in Bialystok

Barcode: 58946152 Call Number: International Jewry Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 10 min. Date: 1939 Language: Yiddish Creator: Directed by Saul Goskind and Yitzhak Goskind Description: Vivid cinematography and music evoke the industrial and cultural center that was Bialystok in 1939. Images of smokestacks, power looms, and textile workers; downtown shops and buses, market day with peasants and horses; schools, synagogues, the Sholem Aleichem Library, the TOZ sanatorium, and a community-run summer camp reflect the diversity of the city's 200-year-old Jewish community. In addition to the tile-roofed home of Dr. Zamenhof, creator of Esperanto, Jewish Life in Bialystok features memorable images of a spacious park where young adults relax and children play. Subjects: International Jewry Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection