יהודי אינדונזיה

Summary: A television documentary about the Jewish community in Indonesia during World War II. In the 1930s and during World War II, many Jews from Eastern Europe arrived in Indonesia and settled there. Evidence of the prosperity of Jewish life in Indonesia during the interwar period is the Zionist newspaper "Erets Israel" which appeared from 1926 to the beginning of the Japanese occupation continuously. At the same time, even before the Japanese occupation, the Jews suffered from anti-Semitism, mainly by Dutch elements who later became part of the Dutch Nazi Party. In January 1942, Indonesia was occupied by the Japanese. During the Japanese occupation many Jews who were non-citizens or Dutch citizens - were imprisoned. The Jews of Indonesia were expelled from their homes to Japanese concentration camps in Indonesia where they were subjected to various abuses such as starvation, forced labor, beatings and more. After Indoesia's independence from the Netherlands in 1949, the number of Jews there decreased significantly and many emigrated to Israel, the United States and Australia. With the establishment of the State of Israel, most of the Jews immigrated to Israel. When they arrived in Israel they were not recognized as Holocaust survivors because Indonesia was not in Europe and under Nazi rule. The documentary includes testimonies of Holocaust survivors, archive photographs and footage.