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Three-part series that was inspired by the Kasztner-Greenwald libel trial and the story of Rezso Israel Kasztner. Kasztner, a journalist, attorney and Zionist leader in Hungary, served beginning in 1943 as vice president of the Committee for Aid and Rescue of the Zionist movement that was headed by Otto Komoly.

Director : Uri Barbash

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 122

Language : Hebrew

The Wannsee Сonference - Eleven Million Jews Sentenced to Death

On January 20, 1942, eleven million Jews were sentenced to death at a villa in Wannsee, Berlin. Heinrich Himmler, head of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) invited the state secretaries of the most important German government ministries to discuss and coordinate the implementation of the final solution. This documentary explores Hitler's political rise to power in 1933, the neutralizing of his opponents, his political aims, and his fixation with the elimination of the Jews. Including archival documentation and Historical commentary.

Director : Willy Lindwer

Production Year : 1992

Duration : 51

Language : Dutch, English, German

Das Letzte Visum: Passage unbekannt, Varian Fry und das Emergency Rescue Committee

Director : Karin Alles

Production Year : 1988

Duration : 74

Language : German

Kastner Trial - Television Debate

Television debate regarding the 3-part drama series produced by Israeli television about the Kastner-Grunwald libel trial and the story of Rezso Israel Kasztnerю

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 214

Language : Hebrew

Pillar of Fire, Part 6 - Exodus 1945 - 1947

Episode 6 in the Isreali TV documentary series “The Pillar of Fire”, that explores the history of the Zionist Movement till the establishment of the state of Israel. This Episode deals with the post WWII years 1945-1947. Including archive materials and interviews. Participants: Moshe Sonnenschon – Holocaust survivor Herold Bily – Assistant to the British Foreign Office Sonia Hirsh – Refugee Israel Galili – Hagana Command John Shaw – Senior Secretary, Government of Palestine Menahem Begin – Irgun Commander, on the explosion of the King David Hotel and the Irgun people...

Director : Michael Lev Tov

Production Year : 1986

Duration : 51

Language : English

The Story of Joel Brand, Part 2

Second part in a television drama about Joel Brand (1907-1964). Brand was a member of the Aid and Rescue Committee, set up in Budapest with the aim of assisting Hungarian Jewish refugees escaping from occupied areas. He dealt with Eichmann and other top Nazi officials as part of his effort to save Hungarian Jews. Against a sinister background, where the emphasis is on intrigues and dialogues, this two-part program tells the extraordinary story of Joel Brand.

Director : Franz Peter Wirth

Production Year : 1964

Duration : 56

Language : German

Uvda (Fact) - interview with Kurt Becher

This Israel Television Channel 2 program “Fact”, presents Kurt Becher. Becher was an SS officer who arrived in Hungary in March 1944 after serving a number of years on the Russian front. He was responsible for rounding up horses and equipment for the Waffen-SS units. In addition to this, he was the main representative of the SS in negotiations with the “Aid and Rescue Committee” in Budapest and especially with Israeli Rudolph Kastner. Becher was connected to the “Kastner Train” organization and with enabling its passengers to travel from Bergen-Belsen to Switzerland. At the beginning of 1945, he was...

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 25

Language : Hebrew

Mission to Evian

Based on Hans Habe's book "The Mission", this film tells of the efforts made to convince the representatives of 32 countries at the 1938 Evian Convention about the impending Holocaust and a plan by the Nazis to deport all the Jews.

Director : Erika Szántó

Production Year : 1988

Duration : 184

Language : Hungarian

The World At War - Reckoning, 1945 And After

Episode in a 26-part documentary series that presents a detailed survey of World War II. Episode 25 - "Reckoning, 1945 And After": The four victorious armies supervise the healing of Germany. In accordance with arrangements for the division of areas agreed among them in Yalta, the Russian area will include food and raw materials and the Americans, British and French will include the industry. Trade between the eastern and western areas is supposed to begin by a meeting of the three leaders of Russia, USA, and Great Britain in Potsdam in July 1945, but the lack of trust between them is evident. When the Japanese...

Director : Jerome Kuehl

Production Year : 1974

Duration : 52

Language : English

The World At War - The Bomb, February - September 45

Episode in a 26-part documentary series that presents a detailed survey of World War II. Episode 24 - "The Bomb February - September 1945": On 6 August 1945, an American B-29 bomber, called Enola Gay after the name of the mother of the pilot Paul Tibbetts dropped the first uranium bomb on the Japanese city Hiroshima. Four days afterward a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Includes archival films and testimonies. Narration by the British actor Laurence Olivier.

Director : David Elstein

Production Year : 1974

Duration : 52

Language : English

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