Beyond Hitler's Grasp

Documentary film showing the struggle in Bulgaria under the Nazi occupation. At the end of WW2 there were 49,172 Jews. At the start of the war there were 48,565 Jews. Bulgaria was the only country in Hitler's Europe that had more Jews at the end of the war than at the beginning. The film explains how this happened. The flood of support against the Nuremberg laws, the Bulgarians who fought against the rulers, Parliament preventing sending the Jews to their deaths, the Church protecting the lives of Jews. Ultimately it was the people who caused the king of Bulgaria to change his policy towards the Jews. Screened in the UN Centre in New York and Geneva. Festivals and prizes: Jewish Cinema - Boston, Philadelphia, North Carolina 2001, Spanish-Jewish Cinema, New York, Lost Angeles 2001, FIPA 2001, Jewish Cinema - Jerusalem 2001.