The life story of the Jewish survivor Selma Engel-Wijnberg (1922) in the Second World War as one of the very few who survived the Sobibor extermination camp
It a play based on real life of Anne Frank. She painfully recounts her memories about capture in the Attic, from the time when the SS came over her until her death in Bergen Belsen.
Director : Jane Celeste Guberfain, Gedivan De Albuquerque, Gláucia Flores Y Reyes
This five-part drama presents an intimate portrayal of the tragically short life of Anne Frank and her family. Anne's diary was first published over fifty years ago and is the very moving account of a young girl in hiding from the Nazis during the years from 1942 to 1944. "The Diary of Anne Frank" pieces together the fascinating and emotive details of her life and times and illustrates how hope, humour and courage can survive in such horrifying circumstances.
In order to fully comprehend the events in the life of Anne Frank, one must listen to the voices of the children who were there with her, of those who remember her. Theo (Maurice) Coster, a famous game inventor from Israel, renews contact with six of his and Anne Frank's former classmates, only to discover an astonishing and confusing truth about the village where he was hiding during WWII. Set against their childhood locations in Amsterdam, Westerbork Transit Camp, and their current homes in Holland and Israel, these former classmates discuss their relationships with Anne and how they survived the War. Through...
Film about provincial Jewish life before World War II, when in the farthest corners of the country, Jewish communities cultivated their unique way of life. On the basis of unique archival footage, the film revives the atmosphere of this vanished world.
A documentary. The past collides with the precarious present in Amsterdam. the film presents two portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts the city, and a journey through the last years of pandemic and protest. What emerges is both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed.
The film is based on the book "Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945)" written by Bianca Stigter.
The film was screened at the Jewish cinema week, Jerusalem, December 2023.
A documentary television series. The 1st episode. The story of the Resistance of Friesland that took care of hiding people ,especially Jews. This resistance was established by Piet Meerburg and together with his sister, Mia Coelingh, who had been the assistant referend of the community of Sneek, and several colleagues. Mong them : Reverend Willem Mesdag and the assistant priest Gerard Janssen. They organized a hideout for Jewish children, especially those smuggled from the Jewish children's daycare center in Amsterdam as known as "De Creche". The film focuses specifically on the personal story of Leah Trop,...