Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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A feature film. This movie was one of the earliest to examine how a society can be swept off their feet by a fascist regime. Freya Roth is the daughter of a preeminent Jewish science professor and an aristocratic German mother. She has one younger brother and two elder, full-blooded German half-brothers. An outwardly anti-Nazi film released a year before the United States entered World War II, The film was a damning indictment. MGM, the production company, worried that the movie would negatively affect their German audiences, avoided mentioning “Germany” as much as possible, and outright refused to identify...

Director : Frank Borzage

Production Year : 1940

Duration : 100

To Conquer the Mountain or Die: The Life of Menachem Begin

Director : Nissim Mossek

Production Year : 1999

Language : English, Hebrew

Hitler: A Balance - The Seducer

Episode in a six-part series that surveys the life and figure of Hitler comprehensively. Includes many interviews and also original excerpts that were not seen until today. This episode Der Verfuehrer, deals with Hitler's leadership ability, his power of appeal and his ability to draw the masses after him.

Director : Maurice Philip Remy, Guido Knopp

Production Year : 1995

Duration : 50

Language : German

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

סרט תעודי בן 3 חלקים: א. "עלייתו של היטלר" - קטעי סרטי ארכיון מהתקופה שקדמה למלחמת העולם הראשונה ולאחריה, רפובליקת ויימר (Weimarer Republik), מצוקה כלכלית ומפלגות רדיקליות. ב. "שנות הנצחון" - הצלחת מדיניות היטלר בהפחתת האבטלה ההמונית, הפופולאריות שלו בגרמניה, התחזקות המדינה וחוסנה ביחס לשאר מדינות מרכז אירופה. ג. "נפילתו של הרייך ה- 3" - נפילת הרייך ה- 3 החל מהפלישה לברה"מ (יוני 1941) ועד התאבדות היטלר בברלין (אפריל 1945) עם תבוסת גרמניה.

Director : Jack Kaufman

Production Year : 1968

Duration : 28

Language : English

The World At War - Part 7 - On Our Way - America Enters The War, USA 1939-1942

Episode in a 26-part documentary series that presents a detailed survey of World War II. Episode 7: "On Our Way - America Enters The War, USA 1939-1942": The confrontations in Europe and in the countries of the Pacific Ocean are two separate wars. Many Americans are prepared to forget about Hitler and concentrate their war efforts against Japan. President Roosevelt is obligated to the struggle against Hitler, but not the Congress. Unexpectedly, Hitler declares war against the USA and thereby eases the president's difficult decision. In the final analysis the USA is the one that will change the direction of the...

Director : Peter Batty

Production Year : 1974

Duration : 52

Language : English

Hitler's Holocaust - Decision

Second episode in a documentary series produced by the German television network ZDF that deals with the destruction of Europe's Jews. The 6-part series surveys the process that led to "The Final Solution" and the ways it was executed through archival films that were discovered in archives in Eastern Europe, testimonies, and analysis of historians. The series title Holokaust, is written intentionally with the letter K instead of C in accordance with German script in order to remind viewers that the murder of Europe's Jews was carried out by the Germans. This episode deals with the decision making process that...

Director : Maurice Philip Remy

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 43

Language : German

The Waldheim Waltz

A biographical drama film about Kurt Josef Waldheim, former UN Secretary General and the controversy of his participation and role in the Nazi regime during WW II .

Director : Ruth Beckermann

Production Year : 2018

Duration : 94

Language : German