Robert and Rose (Bruck) Lederer had two children, Nina (b. 1930) and Peter (b. ca. 1933). Robert died in a labor camp in Oranienburg. Rose and the children were sent to Terezin in Sept. 1942, and from there were deported to their death in Auschwitz on May 15, 1944. Rose could have been selected with Nina for work, but she refused to abandon Peter and insisted that all three remain together. As a result, they all perished. Emily (Waldstein) Bruck (Rose's mother) perished in Terezin in 1945. Paul and Blanka (Bruck) Heller (Rose's youngest sister) rented a room from Mr. Blazek in Plana after Jews were no longer allowed to work in Czechoslovakia. When the Hellers were sent to Terezin in 1942, Mr. Blazek hid the Bruck family home movies, pictures, vase, and figurines. Paul never returned from the front with the Czech Army; Blanka survived Auschwitz and retrieved the family heirlooms. Nina painted"Girl Looking Out Of The Windo" in watercolor as a child in Terezin (Zidovske Muzeum v Praha, Drawing #129389). This drawing is published in"I Never Saw Another Butterfl" (Schocken Books).
Label on smaller reel reads"Zima 1939/1940; Rezie; Ukamery: Mister Ledere"
Additional family photographs are available in the USHMM Photo Archives.
Garden. 01:00:26 Peter Lederer with butterfly net. Lake, Robert Lederer (father) fishing. Peter picking grass. 01:02:31 Nina Lederer (with braids) walking on street reading comics. VAR CUs Lederer family and Emily (Waldstein) Bruck (Peter and Nina's grandmother) in Pacov, Czechoslovakia, walking down village street. At lake, Nina, Peter, and their grandmother on dock, walking around village. Nina and Peter skipping with an older girl. CU, flowers. Canoeing, fishing. At beach, VAR CUs family. Women knitting, blowing up beach ball. Nina and Peter eating fruit (note: Nina's handicapped left index finger is noticeable here). Many shots of Nina and Peter. 01:08:35 Nina and Peter dressed in a military uniform. 01:08:37 Farm in Plana Nad Luznici, Czechoslovakia with pigs, turkey. Nina, Peter, and older girl playing with the pigs. Family walking toward camera. Playing in grass, at lake, forest, picking mushrooms. In winter, children all bundled up, walking on road with their mother (Rose (Bruck) Lederer). Ice skating, skiing.
Czech Jews on vacation