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Homemade documentary: Holocaust survivor Yehiel's testimony. The film contains photos and footage of Yehiel's grandson trip to Poland.

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 146

Language : Hebrew

I rose from the ashes - the story of Avigdor Neumann

A short documentary. Avigdor Neumann was born in Velká Sevljuš, Czechoslovakia (Yiddish: Selish, preset-day Vynohradiv, Ukraine) in 1931 to a Hasidic family. In 1939, the city was annexed by Hungary and was renamed Nagyszőlős. In 1944, the city's Jews were imprisoned in a ghetto and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Afterwards Avigdor was transferred to the Althammer camp and later sent on a death march to Mauthausen. After liberation, Avigdor and his sister immigrated to Israel. Avigdor married Rivka and they had children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Director : Zvika Nevo

Production Year : 2024

Duration : 33

Language : Hebrew

My Father's Command - The Story of David (Dugo) Leitner

A short documentary film. David (Dugo) Leitner was born in 1930 in the city of Nyíregyháza in Hungary, to an orthodox Jewish family. On March 19, 1944, the Germans entered Hungary and the day after Passover, all the Jews of the city were sent to the ghetto. After six weeks they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Upon their arrival at the camp, the family was separated. Dugo remained in Birkenau with about 4,000 other children. On January 18, 1945, he was forced to go on a death march to Mauthausen and from there to Gunskirchen. He was liberated there in May 1945. Dugo immigrated to Israel in 1949 and was...

Director : Zvika Nevo

Production Year : 2022

Duration : 26

Language : Hebrew