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Kan family vacationing during winter in Switzerland

Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Kan and his family escaped the Nazis on May 13, 1940 and emigrated to Queens, New York via the Dutch East Indies. He received a BA in Economics from Hofstra Univeristy and worked for thirty years for the US government at the Department of Commerce, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the American Embassy in Tokyo. After retiring from the government, he became a Certified Financial Planner. He was a lifelong Boy Scout and accomplished philatelist. He was married for 58 years to Francisca Verdoner Kan and had three daughters, Jeanette, Susan, and Eleanor. Hand-drawn title card with a ski hill, Swiss flag, and building: "Winter 1931-32 St. Moritz." At a train station. Scenic shots of the city of St. Moritz and surrounding mountains. Jeanne, wearing a hat, fur coat, and heels; walking up an angled street towards the camera. Cresta Run toboggan course. Scenic shot of the city, more shots of the toboggan course. 01:01:46 LS, ice rink. From a distance, people ice-skating with the Swiss Alps in BG. Closer view of the ice rink with figure skating performance. Various acts, audience, Alps in BG. 01:05:14 Ice rink from the side. Couples skate as the camera pans across the rink along with shots of Jeanne in a skating lesson. MS, Jeanne and another woman get drinks. The two women clink glasses, toast to the camera, and drink. Women skating. Frits skating. Jeanne eating at a table, she smiles at the camera and continues to eat. 01:06:54 Scenic view of the mountains. Horse-drawn sled with Jeanne and others. 01:07:14 Jeanne on a bench waving a scarf towards the camera then taking off her coat. Pan across the mountain range to more scenic shots of the country landscape covered in snow. 01:08:10 Two men, a woman, and Jeanne skip through a snow covered path. More shots of the mountains and a ski lodge. Jeanne points towards the mountains with a cane. People walk up the mountain, sit outside around a ski lodge. 01:09:34 A ski lift trolley goes up a hill and down to the city. Pan across the valley with St. Moritz nestled near a frozen river, Jeanne looks down at the city. Eating. Waiters wear ice skates.

Thema's
Collectie
  • EHRI
Type
  • Archief
Rechten
Identificatienummer van European Holocaust Research Infrastructure
  • us-005578-irn1003935
Trefwoorden
  • Film
  • Saint Moritz, Switzerland
  • SWITZERLAND
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