Between 1934 an 1942, 526 Austrians fled from fascism and National Socialism to Colombia, which had been a haven for refugees who fled the Austrian civil war in the 1930ies. The majority of those immigrants were Jews, who escaped after the “Anschluss”, the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, to South America. Most of them reached Colombia via the seaport Barranquilla. There and in the capital Bogotá, they found a new homeland, established companies, and built up a living. The film presents personal destinies of those emigrants with archive material and contemporary interviews. 526 is dedicated to all those...
Archival series of 26 programmes looking at the past 100 years. Three chapetrs are relevant: 1933- In this series looking at momemtous events in the twentieth century through the eyes of ordinary people, this programme looks at the rise of Hitler and its consequences. 1939- Civilians recount their experiences of the Second World War. 1945- Brave New World: Charts the meeting of American and Soviet armies on the banks of the Elbe in 1945. American and Russian soldiers talk about that experience. The programme covers the period from victory in the Second World War through the rise of the Cold War to the building...
A doumentary film. The Nazis plundered cultural property from every territory they occupied. This was conducted in a systematic manner with organisations specifically created to determine which public and private collections were most valuable to the Nazi regime. As the Allied forces bombed Germany’s cities and historic institutions, the Nazis began storing the stolen artworks in salt mines and caves for protection from Allied bombing raids. One of these salt mines was in Altaussee in Austria. As the Allied troops approached the salt mine, Gauleiter August Eigruber gave orders to blow it up. The destruction...
The remarkable story of Max Birnbach trace his imprisonment by the Nazis' a dramatic escape to Switzerland, the desperate efforts to save his parents and monumentous meeting that enabled his emigration to America סיפורו של מקס בירנבך מתחקה אחר מאסרו על ידי נאצים, בריחתו הדרמטית לשוויץ, מאמציו הנואשים להגן על הוריו ופגישה מקרית שאפשרה את הצלתו הגירתו לאמריקה סיפורו של מקס בירנבך מתחקה אחר מאסרו על ידי נאצים, בריחתו הדרמטית לשוויץ, מאמציו הנואשים להגן על הוריו ופגישה מקרית שאפשרה את הצלתו הגירתו לאמריקה
This documentary is based upon the director’s journey to Linz, Austria where he was born on 1937. Micha was born in Bishopstrasse 7, as a third generation in the same house. His neighbors on Bishopstrasse 1 were once a family of the protestant pastor Robert Eichmann, who accepted and blessed the director’s father as a leader of the Jewish community in Linz. Robert Eichmann was also the father of Adolf Eichman, who was a chief officer in the German army, and was brought to trial in Israel and was condemned of war crimes against the Jews.
The aim of this proposed documentary is primarily to focus on these...
This documentary film by Tamara Vardin-Mutal tells the story of her family in Vienna during World War Two. The events of the Holocaust are presented through testimonies, photographs and archival footage. The film focuses on the story of four children, one of them the father of the director.
Successful musical film based on a true story. The story that takes place in Salzburg at the end of the 1930s tells about Maria, a young woman who is sent from a local convent to serve as a nanny for the seven children of Captain von Trapp, formerly a Navy officer and sworn anti-Nazi. "The Sound of Music" was very popular and won five Oscar Awards.
Based on the book "The Devil in Vienna" (1988) by Doris Orgel, the film, set in 1938 Austria, tells the story of best friends, Jewish Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller, the daughter of Nazi sympathizers. When the two are not allowed to see each other, they meet secretly. When Nazi Germany annexes Austria, Inge and her family escape to America with the help of Lise.