Eisemann family film

The list of children playing in this film is a partial but highly significant Who's Who of Torah education in America and abroad.
I want to know what their parents did that was so wonderfully effective!

There are eulogies for Miriam Elias, for instance, here and here. Rav Moshe Eisemann's shiurim are here. Shabbat.com is a next-generation Eisemann-family project.


The caption from the website is:

Uncovered Rare 1920's footage of German Jewish life!!

Personal videos of Hienrich (Chaim) Eisemann, taken in Frankfurt. The Eisemann family is of particular importance in the emergence of Jewish life in North America and Israel. The six children of Mr Eisemann are filmed. The children include: Clementine Bodenheimer (Wife of Dr. Ernest Bodenheimer) Taya Posen (wife of Rav Raphael - in laws of Karelitz from Benei Brak) Lola Grunfeld of London (Mother of Joey Grunfeld) Meier Eisemann (Founder of Laniado Hospital, Rav in Minnesota) Miriam Elias (Wife of Rabbi Joseph Elias) Moshe Eisemann (Noted Author)

 And then in the comments someone filled in more details:

Hello, I had the opportunity to sit down with a cousin of the Eisemanns who knew the family well back in Frankfurt. Below are the comments she made and the people she recognised from close to 90 years ago, at the below mentioned minute/second in the video: 1.12: Alice Eisemann's mother 1.32: In a place called "Taunus". Eisenmann apparently had a house there (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunus) 1.55: Oma Goldschmidt (Alice Eisemann's mother) 2.33: Heinrich Eisemann(Comment: Opa Eisenmann taught everyone how to swim) 3.15: Oma Goldschmidt 3.52: Alice Eisenmann (definitely)  4.20: Nanette Eisemann (Heinrich's mother) 4.28: On the right Heinrich Eisemann's father - Michele Eisenmann 4.30: Michele Eisenmann  (Hebrew name: Yechiel) Michele was his wife's first cousin and had eight children in ten years (had a wet nurse) 4.51: Nanette Eisenmann (definitely) (Comment: She was always doing embroidery and wore a sheitel) 5.12: Michele Eisenmann (definitely) 5.50: Alice Eisenmann sitting at the head table 5.55: Liesel Levy on the left 5.58: Probably Aunty Miriam Elias (born 1928). (Comment: Footage must be from 1929/30, probably in Koenigstein in Taunus holiday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königstein_im_Taunus) 6.40: Schwester Marta with "Bubu" wearing a tiroler outfit (dressed up) and Aunty Miriam Elias 8.45: Oma Lola on the right 8.49: Frankfurter Zoo (Comment: The Eisemann's had a yearly pass. They apparently went every day with schwester Martha) 8.55: Oma Lola jumping rope 9.26: Might be Mario in the buggy 9.43: Aunty Miriam Elias holding buggy 10.16: Aunty Miriam Elias (definitely) 11.38: Definitely Uncle Mario 11.43: Definitely Aunty Miriam Elias May we be zoche to be mekabel Moshiach Tzidkeinu bekorov and meet all our forefathers again!

1 comment:

  1. thank you so much for your research into the minutes of the video clip. I'm a descendant and did not know all this info.

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