us-005578-irn1002998
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biographical history: Laszlo Antos was born in Kecskemét in 1903. He was an avid amateur filmmaker and photographer as well as an engineer. He owned a business in Hungary with some other Jews. Because of the laws in Hungary, he had difficulties with his business and began working at a new company in Berlin that one of his co-owners opened. Antos filmed around the city and documented what was going on in Berlin in 1936. On May 1, 1944, he was called in as a labor battalion engineer at Sárospatak to serve with the #15 airport building unit. He survived the war.
date: 1936, August 1-16
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 2
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has or had some members with language: Silent
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn1002998
note: Brodsky & Treadway transfer 2001.
scope and content: Sign,"Olympia Gruenau" Olympic rings, flags, stadium, civilians. Lake Gruenau (20 km from Berlin) surrounded by spectator stands. Sign,"ZIE" Crowd awaiting Olympic sporting event, some people with binoculars. Crew boats on lake. CU, sign,"Reihenfolge bei 1000 mtr. ZIE" Crew race. Spectators reading newspaper. More crew. Larger boat with men and Nazi flag. Man sleeping with binoculars. Foreign flags on posts.
title: Olympic event (crew) at Lake Gruenau