Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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Television report examine why former dental hygienist HC Strache, leader of Austria's far right Freedom party, managed to win 27% of the vote in last year's elections in traditionally left-leaning Vienna.

Production Year : 2011

Duration : 20

Language : German

It was Jean Marie le Pen

Documentary about the French right-wing nationalist politician Jean Marie Le Pen. Le Pen is the leader of the National Front party, one of the most successful of the radical right-wing parties in contemporary Europe. The film includes footage of Le Pen engaging in athletic activities, participating in commemorative ceremonies, visiting factories, and expounding his opinions.

Director : Pierre Jouve, Ali Magoudi

Production Year : 1992

Duration : 50

Language : French

Reawakening

A short documentary. The film goes back to August 2017, when white supremacists came to town chanting neo-Nazi slogans and rallying just outside their congregation. Since then, members of Charlottesville’s only synagogue have been on a journey against hate. At times, the journey required self-reflection. It required communal action. But no matter what form it took, Charlottesville’s Jews found that standing up for themselves meant standing up for justice in the broader community. Reawakening documents their journey. Through interviews with rabbis and congregants, the film explores how the white supremacy they...

Director : Alexandra Kauffman Horowitz

Production Year : 2019

Duration : 8

Language : English

Feels Good Man

An animation and a documentary. The film follows Pepe’s surreal journey of being co-opted and twisted into an image of hate by extreme online communities through the eyes of his horrified creator, who finds himself increasingly powerless to stop this co-optation as it spirals out of his control. The film asks the questions: Does anyone truly own anything on the internet? Can an image that has been transformed into one of hate be transformed once again into one of hope?

Director : Arthur Jones

Production Year : 2020

Katrina von Schneurbein - EU Coordinator for Combating Antisemitism

Arad Nir talks with Katrina von Schneurbein - EU Coordinator for Combating Anti-Semitism about the rising anti-Semitism in Europe, which she attributes to the right-wing, left-wing and Muslim extremist movements. She cites rising antisemitism in Europe's mainstream society. They also talk about the murder of a Jewish woman in France, the Polish Holocaust denial law, and the BDS

Production Year : 2018

Language : English