סרט תיעודי קצר שמספר את תולדות חייה של רחל איגל כהן, בהיותה ילדה בטוניס תחת הצורר הנאצי בתקופת מלחמת העולם השניה. הסרט כולל גם מידע היסטורי שמועבר ע"י אחיה של רחל, וויליאם בלאיש.
This 2-part documentary film tells the little-known story of the Jewish communities of North Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) during World War Two, revealing how, had fate not intervened, it was only “a matter of time” until they would share the fate of their fellow Jews in Europe.
Through archival and new footage and stills, extensive interviews with surviving eyewitnesses and historians, as well as computer-generated animation, the film depicts Jewish life in North Africa and describes the evidence of plans by German and Italian occupiers to carry out “the final solution” far from the shores...
Documentary film based on the book by Robert Satloff, retells largely forgotten stories from World War II in North Africa of Arabs who saved their Jewish neighbours from the Holocaust - a story which Holocaust historiography has largely left untouched. The documentary digs into history to uncover not only cases of Jewish persecution in North Africa similar to the Jewish experience in Europe, but also stories of the righteous" Arabs that protected Jews. Produced by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and filmed in eight different countries stretching from Morocco to Israel, the documentary
reveals surprising...