Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

They Risked Their Lives - Rescuers Of The Holocaust

Documentary film that presents the testimonies of rescuers of Jews in Poland, Holland, Hungary, Belgium, Germany, France, Czechoslovakia and Ukraine. They tell about their motivations and the dangers that were involved in their rescue activities and hiding from Nazi persecution.

: Gay Block

: 1990

: 54

: English

Rescuers - Stories Of Courage: Two Women

Based on the book "Rescuers - Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust" (1992), by Gay Block and Malka Drucker, this film describes two stories of rescue and courage. "Mamusha" and "Woman on a Bicycle" are two separate stories of women who risked their lives for the sake of rescuing Jews during the WWII.

: Peter Bogdanovich

: 1997

: 110

: English

The Phoenix

Documentary film that deals with children of the Shoah. Against the background of pictures, paintings and excerpts from archival films testimonies and memories are brought of survivors who were children in the Shoah.

: Yigal Burstein

: 1983

: 47

: Hebrew, Polish