Hello,
I was wondering if you have ever seen a photo of General Kress von Kressenstein taken in front of the FAST hotel in Jaffa Road, Jerusalem in a Jeep with another military man (in a moustache - I would like to know his name). The FAST hotel is in the Background and there is a solitary Jew in the foreground.
I saw this picture for the first time about 9 years ago in Sydney, in Part IV of a "family documentary" called "Fragments Jerusalem" - directed by Ron Havilio.
Recently, I have contacted Ron and sent him a rough drawing of the photo to which he replied:
Dear Isabel,
Unbelievable, your drawing! What a memory!
I haven't seen yet again the film, but I think I can identify the photo.
The Prussian General Von Kressenstein is sitting in the car. The days are World War One, before the British conquest of Palestine.
The car is standing on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem. The hotel in the background is the FAST Hotel. ....
But what is amazing in your drawing, is the solitary Jew, an ordinary passer by standing on the side, and watching the VIP General. I think he is really there in the photo. And it is the gap between those 2 persons that makes the power of the photograph. ... It is in chapter 4.
The photo was probably taken by one of the photographers who had their studio on Jaffa Road, meters away from Hotel Fast - probably Raad or Krikorian.
Well, thank you for the drawing … first attempt!
Warm regards,
Ron
This film goes for about 5 hours and before I ask Ron to try and copy the photo from his film in Jerusalem (or gather it from the film prop file) and send it to me in Sydney, I was wondering if any of you has seen it. If you have, please email me on
[email protected] or
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During last week, I have been searching the Net on pictures of General KvK and I read that most of the photos were actually taken by Turkish soldiers. I attach my drawing to give you an idea of what the photo looks like. I also attach another photo of the KvK similar to the one I'm looking for, but in the photo I mean there are only 2 men, KvK is on the right of a man in a moustache and they both wear German hats, not Turkinsh hats.
The film is not available commercially - I was lucky I watched it 9 years ago as part of the Jewish Film Festival in Sydney.
Thanks and cheers,
Isabel Ruivo
PS - Actually, my drawing is not attaching because you also have a limit on bytes....like other forums also do...