Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

Gladiators of WWII - Norwegian Resistance Fighters

This episode in the BBC documentary series "Gladiators of WW2" focuses on the Norwegian Resistance and its importance in damaging the German war ships and the Nazi atomic plans. Convinced of the geographical advantage of occupying the port of Narvik, Hitler attacked in April 1940. The king and his government escaped to London and in their place, a neo-Nazi puppet govt. was set up. Norway was under occupation for five years but the Nazi ideology never took root and a short time after the occupation, resistance activities began. The XU unit was a military intelligence unit that sent information to the exiled...

: Charles Messenger

: 2002

: 48

: English

Rescue in Scandinavia

The stories of ordinary individuals in Scandinavia that risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust. The film describes their efforts and combines interviews made with some of them with original footage. The film presents the impact of the Holocaust in Scandinavia and the study of social values and inter-cultural understanding as essential in learning about WWII. Narration by Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann, that was famous for her work in Swedish cinema.

: Sy Rotter

: 1994

: 55

: English

Etched in Glass: The Legacy of Steve Ross The 12th Man

מותחן נורבגי. סיפורו האמיתי של לוחם המחתרת הנורווגי יאן באלסרוד, שיצא עם יחידה קטנה של לוחמים לבצע פעולת חבלה באוניית מלחמה גרמנית במהלך מלחמת העולם השנייה. כוחו של הסרט טמון בסצנות הפעולה המרהיבות, ובעיקר במפגשיו של באלסרוד עם שורה של מקומיים המסייעים לו.

: Harald Zwart

: 2017

: 135

: English, German, Multiple Languages, Norwegian