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Oberammergau - The Passion Story and the Jews

This documentary presents the theatre performance “The Passion” which deals with the trial and death sentence of Jesus and is performed in Obermmergau, Germany, every 10 years. Obermmergau is a Bavarian village with thousands of inhabitants, mostly orthodox Catholics. The performance “The Passion” was written and performed by locals. It was first performed in the 17th century to honor Jesus as none of the locals had died from the black plague that was spreading through Europe at that time. For the inhabitants of the village, the play was a religious experience that also proved financially rewarding as it...

Production Year : 1980

Duration : 20

Language : English

The Messiah-Bus

סרט המתאר את המסע שלקבוצה של יהודים משיחיים מאוקראינה לפולין. הקבוצה מארגנת מפגשי תפילה עבור הפעם הפולני ובנסיון לחזק את הקשר בין העם היהודי לפולנים. לחלק מחברי הקבוצה יש קשר משפחתי ליהדות, וחלקם מאמינים שתפקידם הוא לגשר בין הנוצרים ליהודים. בסרט משולבים חומרי ארכיון מתחילת המאה הקודמת ומתקופת המלחמה (מפולין וממקומות שונים) ותצלומי הארכיון.

Director : Eva Gaulis-Bajerska

Production Year : 2011

Duration : 61

Language : Polish, Russian

Agnus Dei, Jeremy Newman, 1998.

American media artist Jeremy Newman's work. Agnus Dei is a plea for tolerance warning from a religion without morality.

Director : Newman Jeremy

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 3

Language : English

Jehovah's Witnesses Stand Firm Against Nazi Firm

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 78

Language : English

In the Shadow of the Cross

Yaron London presents the stories of five accomplished professionals who were hidden as children in monasteries and convents during the Second World War.

Director : Avi Amber

Duration : 90 92

Language : Hebrew

Persil Tickets and False Passports - How Churches Helped the Nazis After the War

Documentary about the churches aid to Nazi fugitives after the war.

Director : Ernst Klee

Production Year : 1991

Duration : 45

Language : German

Era Of Darkness - The Destruction Of The Jewish Race In Europe

Documentary film produced by Tel-Ad Studios for Yad Vashem featuring an unusually bold discussion of the Holocaust of European Jewry, antisemitism and racism throughout history and during the Holocaust. Includes archival footage and historical analysis.

Director : Yarin Kimor

Production Year : 1993

Duration : 52

Language : English

Hearts Divided - Baptism and the Jews in the Third Reich

In 1933 Berlin Bishop Joachim Hossenfelder proclaimed the popular, pro-Nazi “German Christian” movement the “Storm Troopers of Christ.” Hossenfelder led the early phase of a movement that still echoes through the church today, even though the world has tried to forget.

Director : Steven D. Martin

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 59

Language : English

Underlying Antisemitism

Naftali Gliksberg sets off on a journey following stories, people, events and places in which contemporary Anti-Semitism is manifested. This series investigates the roots of this modern Anti-Semitism, as evident in recent years around the world. The series was shot in 10 countries in Europe and the USA. Throughout its 4 episodes the viewers are exposed to incredible discoveries about the depth of Anti-Semitism in different countries and the new form it has taken. Parades in the streets and Neo-Nazi ceremonies have been replaced by a kind of social culture, shared by apparently ordinary, educated people and...

Director : Naftali Gliksberg

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 75

Language : English, German, Hebrew, Polish

Have Compassion - "O That I Had Wings Like A Dove"...

Documentary film that deals with the subject of Christianity during the Shoah. Narration against the background of memorial sites, archival photographs that document scenes of liberation from the concentration camps, and a Catholic street march.

Director : Lothar Kern, Gudrum Kern

Duration : 18

Language : English, German

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