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Correspondent Special: The Evita Connection

Documentary series. Julian O'Halloran investigates files unearthed recently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, linking President Juan Peron and his venerated wife Eva to a secret operation to make the South American country a major haven for Nazi war criminals.

Director : Julian O'halloran

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 45

Language : English, Spanish

עדותה של לאורה רסק מס' 79564

הרצאת עדות מאת לאורה רוסק, ניצולת שואה ילידת קטוביץ', פולין. רוסק מתארת פה את זיכרונותיה מן הכיבוש הנאצי; טלאי צהוב, עוצר, גירוש ל- Landeshut (מחנה עבודה בגרמניה) שם הועסקה בהכנת חוטים מפשתן, גירוש ל- Peterswaldau (מחנה עבודה בשלזיה תחתית) שם הועסקה בהכנת פתילים לפצצות, בריחה יחד עם אסירה צ'כית ונסיעה ברכבות ממקום למקום ומעיירה לעיירה עד שהגיעו ל- Neisse, תפיסה בעקבות הלשנה, גירוש לאושוויץ, קעקוע המספר 79564 על זרוע שמאל, עבודה בפינוי אבנים, עבודה ללא מנוחה, רעב, מסדרים, עבודת מזכירות במשרד המחנה, גירוש למחנות אחרים בגרמניה, שחרור באביב 1945 על-ידי כוחות סובייטים.

Duration : 29

Language : English

Kasztner trial - parts 1 - 2

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

More Great Escapes of World War Two

Documentary film that presents a collection of escape stories from World War II through testimonies of former war prisoners, underground fighters and resistance movements, soldiers and guards, dramatic reconstruction, archival photographs and films. Narration by the American actor Ed Asner.

Director : Scott Paddor

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 95

Language : English

Come and See - Part 2

Elem Klimov, head of the Soviet Filmmakers Association, explores the horrors of WW2 in this coming-of-age drama, and an indictment of the Nazis, as seen through the eyes of Florya, a 14-year-old farm boy who looses his innocence when becoming a witness of genocide. The story begins when Florya steals a gun from a soldier's shallow grave and runs off to join the Resistance fighters in wooded Byelorussia. But after he's left behind by the older partisans, Florya returns home to find his mother and baby sisters have been slaughtered, along with the other villagers. The grieving boy travels on to nearby town, where...

Director : Elem Klimov

Production Year : 1985

Duration : 73

Language : Russian

The Secret Files of Nazism - Eichmann: The Nazi fugitive

This is a firsthand account by the Mossad agents who planned and implemented the covert "Operation Eichmann." Shot on location in Austria, Germany, Italy, Argentina, England and Israel, the film uses a mixture of documentary techniques and dramatic reenactments to retrace Eichmann's, a central figure in organizing the "Final Solution", escape route from Germany after World War II.

Director : Dan Setton

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 91

Language : French

The Secret Files of Nazism - Mengele: The Final Account

Director : Dan Setton

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 91

Language : French

Investigative Reports - The Mystery of Josef Mengele

Documentary film that describes through testimonies, expert analysis, photographs and archival films the story of the mystery of Josef Mengele, physician and SS officer who succeeded in fleeing Europe after the World War and has never been brought to justice.

Director : Dan Setton

Production Year : 1995

Duration : 50

Language : English

But Who Could I Pray For? - The Story of Avraham Aviel

Avraham Aviel (Lipkonsky), born in 1929 in Dowgalishok, Poland. On 10 May 1942, Aviel and his family were taken together with the Jews of Radun (the village of the Rabbinic leader, the Chafetz Chaim) and the surrounding areas to be murdered in killing pits. His mother and brother Yekutiel (Koshka) were among those executed. Avraham and his brother Pinchas managed to escape. To Aviel’s great sorrow, Pinchas, who had survived the mass murder, was killed before his eyes while hiding in the Dowgalishok area. Avraham and his father found refuge with a Polish farmer, before he joined the partisans in 1943. That...

Director : Zvika Nevo

Production Year : 2010

Duration : 58

Language : Hebrew

The Oppermans, Part 1

A television adaptation of Lion Feuchtwanger "The Oppermann House" (Die Geschwister), co-production of the BBC and ZDF (German 2nd TV channel). The story of the Oppermanns, a Jewish-German family, owners of a big department store in Berlin of the early 30s.

Director : Egon Monk

Production Year : 1983

Duration : 104

Language : English, German

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