Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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Educational documentary film based on archival films and original audio recordings. The film surveys the historic struggle of the Jewish nation and its persecution in the Shoah; Hitler, antisemitism, the First World War, the Nazi party, racism, euthanasia, Kristallnacht, the outbreak of the Second World War, "The Final Solution", concentration and death camps, Anne Frank, liberation, surrender of Germany, Nuremberg Trials, repercussions of the annihilation of the Jews of Europe.

Director : Seth Conway

Production Year : 2002

Language : English

Homeland

This drama tells the story of Lolek, a 25 years old Holocaust survivor who comes to Eretz Israel in 1948 and finds himself involved in a war that he doesn’t seem to grasp. Stranger to the Language and to the new identity he was given, he is put on top of hot hill by his commander who is trying to turn him into a “sabar”. Distress by longings and by the searing sun, Lulek goes to look for a little bit of shadow. Finally, imiganing himself sailing back to Poland and departing for the last time from his parents.

Director : דני רוזנברג

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 40

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

A Simple Matter Of God And Country

A documentary film which through the personal story of Elisabeth Sondheimer, a Jew who fled Germany with her family in 1938, and today works in teaching about the Holocaust in the United States, surveys the history of the Jews in Germany in the 20th century and earlier. The film is divided in four parts. Includes archival films.

Director : Daniel Stewart Levy

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 118

Language : English

The Nazis- A Warning From History - part 2 - Chaos And Consent

Second episode in a BBC documentary series that surveys the history of Nazism in Germany. The series was produced with the aid of the British historian Ian Kershaw and it includes eyewitness testimonies, expert analysis, photographs and archival films that were discovered in countries of the former communist bloc in Europe and are presented here for the first time. This episode focuses on the paradoxical nature of Nazi Germany - a society obsessive for order but characterized by administrative inefficiency.

Director : Tilman Remme, Laurence Rees

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 50

Language : English

Schindler's List and the Holocaust

This documentary Places the events portrayed in the film, Schindler's List, in their historical context by combining historical footage, film footage, and an interview with the director, Steven Spielberg. Includes a print study guide that provides discussion topics, educational activities, and a short bibliography. Narration by actor Ben Kingsley.

Director : Nicola Scott, Ian Wall

Production Year : 1995

Duration : 20

Language : English

The Garden of the Finzi Continis

Drama based on Giorgio Bassani’s novel (1962). “The Garden of the Finzi Continis” is the wartime story of an aristocratic Jewish family living on a rambling estate in Italy near Ferrara. Mussolini’s regime has already instituted anti-Jewish policies, yet the Finzi Continis are oblivious to the rising storm, and continue to live their life of comfort, unaware of the approaching disaster. “The Garden of the Finzi Continis” received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1971.

Director : Vittorio De Sica

Production Year : 1971

Duration : 95

Language : Italian