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Kan family life in US, postwar

Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Kan and his family escaped the Nazis on May 13, 1940 and emigrated to Queens, New York via the Dutch East Indies. He received a BA in Economics from Hofstra Univeristy and worked for thirty years for the US government at the Department of Commerce, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the American Embassy in Tokyo. After retiring from the government, he became a Certified Financial Planner. He was a lifelong Boy Scout and accomplished philatelist. He was married for 58 years to Francisca Verdoner Kan and had three daughters, Jeanette, Susan, and Eleanor. Color. EXT, row of houses along a street. "B.H. Sanders" on the side of a mailbox. INT, Betsy? holding baby. Front of a house, women and baby exit the house. MS of Betsy? holding baby. Baby in the stroller, Betsy? and her mother-in-law walk down the street (similar to 01:04:01 on Film ID 2478). INT and EXT shots of the baby and Betsy? with the baby sitting in a chair, the two outside, and the baby in a crib. There appears to be a Donald Duck toy in the baby's crib. 01:11:28 A man (Betsy's husband?) carrying the baby out of the house. MSs, father holds the baby. Betsy and her husband exit the house and get into a car. INT, baby in a crib. 01:12:23 Black and white. Three people sit on a bench with a baby (Betsy, her husband, and Jeanne?). Jeanne? and Frits? walk towards the camera. Betsy? gardening. INT, baby in crib and toys. Betsy? plays with baby. 01:15:37 Betsy? walking with baby stroller down street. Betsy's husband burning leaves.

Collectie
  • EHRI
Type
  • Archief
Rechten
Identificatienummer van European Holocaust Research Infrastructure
  • us-005578-irn1003933
Trefwoorden
  • New York, NY, United States
  • FAMILIES
  • Amateur.
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