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Documentary film dealing with the “Massacre in Katyn Forest” – Approximately 4,000 Polish officers, captured by the Soviets, were killed. The massacre was carried out in 1940 by the NKVD in Katyn Forest which is situated west of Smolensk. It was verified by the discovery of the bodies in a mass grave by the Germans in 1943. This caused accusations of guilt to be exchanged between the Soviets and the Germans. An investigation by US Congress in the 1950s revealed that the massacre was carried out by the secret Soviet police under instruction from the Soviet Government. Only in 1989, during the rule of...

Director : Anna Teresa Pietraszek

Production Year : 2010

Duration : 51

Language : Polish

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

Europe the Mighty Continent: Rise of the Dictators - Form! Riflemen!

Volume 8 in "Europe: The Mighty Continent", a 13 parts documentary TV series that examines the history of the continent. Actor Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine bring to life the trends, technology and tides of fortune that have so drastically reshaped Europe since 1900. Rise of the Dictators: Demoralized by years of depression, Europeans were ready for new leaders and new solutions. The strident voices of German National Socialism are heard. Film clips show Hitler amidst the Nordic pageantry of the 1934 Nazi party rally. In Italy, Mussolini addressed a huge throng of "Health and Joy"...

Director : John Terraine

Production Year : 1976

Duration : 52

Language : English

Europe, The Mighty Continent - Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Volume 10 in "Europe: The Mighty Continent", a 13 parts documentary TV series that examines the history of the continent. Actor Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine bring to life the trends, technology and tides of fortune that have so drastically reshaped Europe since 1900. The Allies - The End of War: Betrayed by Russia during her heroic Warsaw Ghetto uprising, Poland was occupied by her betrayers. So fell Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, the rest of the Balkans, half of Germany and half of Vienna. East Europe exchanged the tyranny of Hitler for that of Stalin. Britain went to the polls, cast out the...

Director : John Terraine

Production Year : 1975

Duration : 52

Language : English

Europe: The Mighty Continent - The English, D-Day and the Holocaust.

This series traces the history of Europe between 1900 and 1975 and includes film clips and photographs from documentary archives. Segment analyzes the events of World War II in Europe focusing on the unprecedented destruction of civilian populations. Discusses the Nazi extermination camps and their brutality against Jewish and Slavic peoples

Director : Brian Lewis

Production Year : 1975

Duration : 52

Language : English

מסע אל אוגוסטו

American-born Naomi Zeavin goes back to her family's town of Augustow, Poland and organizes support from Solidarity and the Catholic clergy to build a memorial and hold a commemoration service for Augustow's Jews. A moving and inspiring journey showing what one woman can accomplish.

Director : Naomi Zeavin

Production Year : 1991

Duration : 29

Language : English

People's Century - Master Race (1933), Total War (1939), Brave new World (1945)

Archival series of 26 programmes looking at the past 100 years. Three chapetrs are relevant: 1933- In this series looking at momemtous events in the twentieth century through the eyes of ordinary people, this programme looks at the rise of Hitler and its consequences. 1939- Civilians recount their experiences of the Second World War. 1945- Brave New World: Charts the meeting of American and Soviet armies on the banks of the Elbe in 1945. American and Russian soldiers talk about that experience. The programme covers the period from victory in the Second World War through the rise of the Cold War to the building...

Director : Jonathan Lewis, John Bridcut

Production Year : 1995

Duration : 107

Language : English

The Nazis - Nazi War Crimes, Babi Yar - Lessons of History

סרט סובייטי על באבי יאר (Babi Yar), גיא ההריגה של יהודי קייב (Kiev), צוענים ושבויי מלחמה סובייטים.

Production Year : 1989

Duration : 50

Language : English

Hitler's Assistant - Himmler the Executer

Documentary film that deals with Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), a key figure in organizing "The Final Solution" of the Jewish problem and its execution and the second in importance in the Third Reich. The film surveys Himmler's path starting with his joining the Nazi party, his roles, many authorities, his personality, his relations with Hitler, his ideas in the racial area, and his last days. Includes archival documentation and testimonies.

Director : Guido Knopp

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 42 45

Language : German

Giorgio Perlasca - The Spanish Attaché

Documentary about the Italian Righteous Giorgio Perlasca. Including interview with Perlasca, testimonies by his survivors, and archive footage.

Director : Gadi Kastel

Production Year : 1990

Duration : 46

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

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