A Day in Warsaw : Jewish Life in Warsaw

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Barcode: 58995580 Call Number: V-YID 008 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 10 min. Date: c1938 Language: Yiddish Creator: Directed by Yitzhak Goskind Description: The lively Jewish neighborhoods of Warsaw, including Zamenhof Street and the commercial “beehive” Nalewki Street, were home to 400,000 Jews before World War II. A Day in Warsaw sets Warsaw’s multi-storied buildings and broad streets against its old market square and Jewish quarter. Trucks, trolleys, autos and buses meet horse-drawn carriages, pushcarts and porters in the bustling commercial district. Also shown are the Yiddish Theater, Gensza Cemetery and other Jewish institutions - the community council, hospitals, schools and synagogues. At film’s end, after Sabbath services, families pour into Krashinsky Park where children play and adults spiritedly debate the issues of the day. In 1938 and 1939, Shaul and Yitzhak Goskind of the Warsaw-based production company Sekto Films produced six short travelogs about urban Jewish communities in Poland. Subjects: International Jewry, Polish Jewry, Yiddish, Warsaw, Poland Collection: Language Resource Center