Licco Haim and friends at leisure in Spring 1940

Licco Max Haim (1910-2002), an amateur filmmaker, was asked by the military commander of the 4th Construction Company of the 1st (Jewish) Labor Battalion to make a film of their activities and deliver it to him. Licco did so, but managed to hide one 8mm roll (Film ID 4115), shot in the summer of 1941 to build a road in Lakatnik as part of the forced labor battalion. Most of the Jewish men in the unit had resided in Sofia, mostly in the neighborhood of Iuchbunar. After the summer of 1941, Licco was summoned to work on the repair of cars in Sofia, as he was expert as a mechanic. He married Berta on December 18, 1941. AGFA 8 1940. Handwritten title "Früjahr 1940". Title with 5 May date and names, "Panagiurishte" (a town in central Bulgaria). The friends - Paula, Hans, Kete, Anny, Fredy, Anny, and Licco, playfully goof-off, dance, and play games outside. 01:01:02 Licco with a girlfriend. CUs. 01:05:56 Title with 12 May date and names, "Petrohan" (a passage in the West Balkan mountains). The friends, Anny, Fredy, Kete, Hans, Zdravka, Paula, Anny, and Licco, play on a grassy hillside near their car. 01:09:41 Licco on top of the car, jumping. 01:10:00 Title with 9 June date and names, "On the Liulin Mountain" (near Sofia). At the beach, Paula, Hans, Kete, Loli, Licco, and Anny take turns exercising and dancing on a hill top. Car maneuvers on a dirt road. 01:16:41 Title with 17 June date, "Ribaritsa" (a village in northern Bulgaria) with Anny, Kete, Paula, Licco, and Hans. A man followed by the rest of the group wades across a stream during a hike. 01:18:06 Anny, Kete, and Paula. Licco at 01:20:49 in the water. Dressed in swimsuits, the friends play in fields. AGFA 8 1940 [8 distinguishes the film gauge of 8mm].