Isenberg family visits Switzerland; zoo; train station
Sally (Salomon) and Erna (nee Marx) Isenberg and their three children, Artur, Helmut, and Norbert, lived in Saarbrücken (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), Loerrach (Germany), and Vaduz (Liechtenstein). Artur came to the United States to attend Harvard University before 1938. The others immigrated in October 1938. The boys served their new country in WWII. Artur worked for the Office of War Information. Helmut and Norbert were deployed overseas in the U.S. Army. Identified family members appearing in the two reels of family film include (the relations to Norbert are indicated): 1) Norbert Isenberg, father of donor, Mark Isenberg, and youngest boy of Sally and Erna (1923-2004) 2) Sally Isenberg; father (1889-1961) 3) Erna Isenberg (nee Marx); mother (1894-1962) 4) Artur, brother (1917-2006) 5) Helmut, brother (1919-1992) 6) Bertha Marx (nee Salomon), maternal grandmother 7) Alice Marx, maternal aunt 8) Julie Isenberg (nee Stahl) paternal grandmother 9) Sigmund Isenberg, paternal uncle 10) Rosa Isenberg (nee Stern), Sigmund's wife 11) Bertha Greif (nee Isenberg), paternal aunt 12) Leo Greif, Bertha's husband 13) Margot Greif, first cousin 14) Nathan Stahl, great uncle (Julie's brother), survived Theresienstadt 15) Hermine Stahl (Nathan's wife), died in Theresienstadt on November 3, 1942 16) Hildegard Stahl Loeb (adopted daughter) 17) Henriette Suesskind (nee Marx), maternal aunt (1882-1940) 18) Rickchen Stahl, paternal great aunt (1858-1933) 19) and 20) Sophie Stern (nee Katzenstein), Rosa's mother, and Sophie Stern's sister 21) Sigmund Stern, Rosa's brother Visiting a zoo (probably Zoo Basel) - ape, peacock, cage of birds, ram, flamingoes, camel, ostrich, wolves, antelope, and bears. 01:15:34 LS, Basel train station and street scenes with traffic. Sign: "Grand Hotel, Hotel Euler" in Basel. Erna exits hotel and gets into a car. Stone monument surrounded by stones and flowers, quick view of a family at left in the park. Aerial view of tram. A different sign of "Hotel Euler" and tourist pan with sign: "Central Apotheke." MS, unknown man posing in front of a fence. Two people talk in a dining room. Erna in bed with her boys, Artur, Norbert, and Helmut. They play and pose for the camera. The three boys and Erna walk down steps and in the street carrying their luggage to the train station. The boys help each other get on a train.
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- us-005578-irn1004765
- JEWS
- Film
- Basel, Switzerland
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