Based on archival materials and testimonies, this TV documentary tells the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885-1954), a Portuguese diplomat in Bordeaux, France, who fought against his own government for the safety of Jewish refugees soon after the fall of France. During 16-23/6/40, he issued Portuguese visas free of charge, to over 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the Nazi terror, 12,000 of who were Jews. The Portuguese government ordered his immediate recall to Lisbon and he was dismissed with all his retirement pensions suspended. With 13 children, and no other means at his disposal, Sousa Mendes sank...
This full lenght documentary tells the stories of 12 non-Jewish diplomats from 11 countries, who, against the orders of their governments and alongside other envoys, helped save an estimated 200,000 European Jews during World War II.
Drama that takes place in Germany in the 1930s and tells about the Jewish Goldbach family, owners of a textile business, who are experiencing the changing times in pre-World War II Germany.
results.listIds.director : Michael Hoffmann, Harry Raymon
Documentary film focusing on Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat and Righteous among the Nations, who saved approximately 10,000 Jews from the Nazis while serving in occupied Budapest. The film tells, in brief, about his activities and through the stories of prominent winners of the Wallenberg medals (Mip Heiss 1994, Kailash Satirtahi 2002, Eli Wiesel 1990, The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet 1994, John Lewis 2000, Paul Rosesgina 2005), shows the success of his enterprise. Includes archival photographs and film. Participants: Judy Lux, Jewish Community Foundation, John Godfrey, Director of Wallenberg Foundation,...
באמצעות תצלומים ועדויות מאת שמונה ניצולים, נשים וגברים, סרט תעודי העוסק בפליטים יהודים אשר מצאו מקלט בפורטוגל לאחר לאחר עליית הנאצים לשלטון בגרמניה ב- 1933. כמו כן, כולל הסרט ראיון עם עם דה מנדש, נכדו של חסיד אומות העולם דה סוסה מנדש.
משתתפים:
זיגפריד רוזנטל
מרים ברודהיים
פדרו סינגר
ברני קרישר
מתילדה פייסט, פורטוגלית-קתולית שנישאה ליהודי ב- 1930
זינה ליברמן
מנואלה אוגוסט סינגר, בתם של פליטים
אלוורו דה סוסה מנדש, נכדו של חסיד אומות העולם דה סוסה מנדש
Life In The Shadow of Death: The Kovno Ghetto And The 9th Fort (documentary segments and testimonies) "Faces of the City - The Jews in Kovno, "The Great Aktion" "Imprisonment of Underground Members and Operation to Blur Traces at the 9th Fort," "The Escape from the Ninth Fort"
This documentary film presents an overview of Roosevelt’s leadership along with Jewish leaders in the US. It deals with the question of whether or not the US knew about the extermination of European Jewry and her ability to prevent it. Includes archival footage and testimonies.