Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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Documentary about the lesser known transports of the Czechoslovakian Jews to the concentration camps in Poland. The testimonies of the survivors are complemented by the unique archive material.

results.listIds.director : Lukáš Přibyl

results.listIds.year : 2009

results.listIds.duration : 90

results.listIds.lang : Czech, English

Henryk Sławik - The Polish Wallenberg

Documentary about Henryk Sławik -Polish journalist and politician. During World War II, he gave assistance to Polish refugees, including Jews, in Hungary. As President of the Citizen's Committee for Help for Polish Refugees, he organized help for interned soldiers and civilian refugees after the defeat in September 1939. Together with Jószef Antall, a representative of the Hungarian government, he provided the refugees false documents, which saved many of their lives. He also saved many Jewish children, for whom he helped to create an orphanage in Vác near Budapest. It is estimated that Henryk Sławik saved...

results.listIds.director : Marek Maldis, Grzegorz Łubczyk

results.listIds.year : 2004

results.listIds.duration : 30

results.listIds.lang : English, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish

Meir Brand - The Tale of a Journey

סיפור ההישרדות של מאיר ברנד, שהיה נער בזמן המלחמה. מניצולי רכבת קסטנר.

results.listIds.year : 2008

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

What Will Become of Us

A documentary. Frank Lowy, founder of shopping mall giant Westfield, started with one Australian store and built it into a global, billion dollar enterprise. Now in his late 80s and facing the prospect of a merger that will lead to his retirement, he reflects on his past and events that have molded him into the fighter, philanthropist and survivor he is today. Born Jewish in what was then Czechoslovakia in 1930, Lowy survived the Holocaust, moved to Australia and built a close family and business empire.

results.listIds.director : Steven Cantor

results.listIds.year : 2019

results.listIds.duration : 72

results.listIds.lang : English

A Brave Swiss Man

The documentary depicts the activities of the young textile industrialist Eduard Brunschweiler who acted as a representative of the International Red Cross at the Pannonhalma Monastery at the crucial period of the Second World War. The documentary, featuring survivors and eyewitnesses, based on the research of Professor Szabolcs Szita

results.listIds.director : Szilveszter Siklósi

results.listIds.year : 2008

results.listIds.duration : 54

results.listIds.lang : Hungarian