Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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To Conquer the Mountain or Die: The Life of Menachem Begin

Director : Nissim Mossek

Production Year : 1999

Language : English, Hebrew

The documentary tells the story of Altalena, an Etzel Hagana ship which Hagana men blew up on June 22th, 1948 at Tel-Aviv beach. Three of the founding fathers of Israel were involved in this event: David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Rabin. Why did Ben-Gurion instruct Israeli soldiers to open fire? Why did Yitzhak Rabin call this day "the blackest day in my life?" The film follows the journey of the Altalena from its departure from the port in France, with 930 man, many of which Holocaust survivors, and ammunition on board.

Director : Ilana Tsur

Production Year : 1994

Language : Hebrew

In the Name of the Victims

In this documentary, an overview of the activities of a number of Jewish organizations, led by “The Prosecution Convention” as well as the history of the reparations agreement are presented. The film tries to answer the question why many Holocaust survivors are not benefiting from the monies and property that Jewish organizations succeeded in reacquiring in the name of the victims of the Nazis. Includes archival footage, photographs, interviews with Holocaust survivors, researchers, jurists, journalists, and prosecution convention issues, the foundation for Holocaust survivors welfare, and more.

Director : אילן זיו

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 55

Language : English, Hebrew

Beitar

A documentary. It tells the story of thew Jewish movement of "Betar". It was active in Poland from the mid-1920s until the outbreak of WWII in 1939. Founded by Ze'ev Zabotynski in 1922, it aimed at instilling patriotism in generations of young Jews and readying them to fight for a Jewish state. Before WWII the organization was lead in Poland by Menachem Begin, the future Prime Minister of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The film features interviews with the last living members of Betar, in Israel.

Director : Robert Kaczmarek

Production Year : 2011

Duration : 54

Language : Polish