Teenagers smile for the camera
Film stock dates to 1927; cardboard box stamped with processing date of September 1939. During the war, these home movies were stored along with other family possessions with David's sister Sara and her husband, Klaas Klaren. Klaas's sister Dora had arranged the first three hiding places for Ellis during the war in the Netherlands. Their father, Ulke Klaren (Socialist and Christian), built the first children's playground for the poor in Holland.
Closeups of Ida Van Pesh (a non-Jewish friend), Vera Serlui (Ellis's second cousin, killed at Auschwitz on November 19, 1942), Ellis, and Abraham as they pose for the camera inside their home. The girls pose for a group shot.
For more information about Ellis's story, see"De Dagboeken Van Bernie En Elli" (2011, in Dutch) and"The Lost Love Diarie", a 2011 Israeli documentary.