Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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Documentary film that tells about the operation for rescuing prisoners in the last months of the Second World War by the Swedish Red Cross, through testimonies, archival photographs, archival films and dramatic reconstructions.

Director : Gregor Nowinski

Duration : 40

Language : English

October 43

A documentary. On the night between the 1st and the 2nd of October 1943 the German occupying power went into action against the Jewish population in Denmark. Shortly before, information had leaked from the German Head Quarter. Escape routes were organized, and the Jews - now refuges in their own country - flocked north to Gilelleje, the key port of disembarkation. During the weeks that followed, the Danish resistance movement - widely supported by the rest of the population - managed to get 95% of the Danish Jews safely across to neutral Sweden. About 500 Denish Jews were captured by the Gestapo and sent to...

Director : Bente Milton

Production Year : 1993

Duration : 57

Language : Danish, Hebrew, Norwegian

Tikotin - A Life Devoted to Japanese Art

His passion for Japanese art brings a famous German Jewish art dealer all over the world. Two World Wars and a series of personal adversities and later a museum of his life’s work in set up on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Twenty-five years after his death, his grandson tries to unravel the story of his grandfather. Behind the success story and the exciting adventures, he finds a family man who cannot prevent his family from falling apart.

Director : Santje Kramer

Production Year : 2013

Duration : 77

Language : Dutch, English