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In this documentary, experts reveal photographs, films, documents, and artifacts that tell the story of how the Holocaust evolved from the early days of persecution in Nazi Germany to the systematic destruction of millions of people. These remnants the blueprint for a crematorium, a propaganda-filled childrens book, official guidelines for classifying prisoners, bullets and the rings of victims unearthed from a mass grave, and more help complete the picture of what it took to plan and implement the eradication of an entire race.

Director : Erik Nelson

Production Year : 2011

Duration : 88

Language : English

Das Himmler Projekt

Heinrich Himmler's three-and-a-half-hour-long "Posen Speech" to ninety-two SS generals in the Golden Hall of Posen Castle (Poland) on the occasion of the SS Group Leader's conference on the fourth of October, 1943 is "one of the most terrifying documents of German language". On the other, it is one of the most important documents of National-Socialism. Actor Manfred Zapatka reads the entire speech, employing the authentic text which was reconstructed from the original sound recording. The film was shot in one day, using four cameras in a studio.

Director : Romuald Karmakar

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 182

Language : German

צלם מלחמה

Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever

Director : Christian Frei

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 100

Language : English, German

Days Made of Fear

This documentary film is a collection of 8 films which offer persuasive evidence that, so far, these standards have not been met. Films cover events from the onset of violence in Kosovo (preceding the NATO intervention in 1999), until the most recent terrorist attacks committed by Albanian extremists in 2005, and are, in fact, a unique and exclusive video document about some of the crucial aspects of the current Kosovo crisis.

Director : Ninoslav Randjelovic

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 160

Language : English, Serbian

The Sun and Barbed Wire

הסרט תיעודי קצר על מחנה ההשמדה יסנובאץ. הסרט מביא את סיפורה של ניצולת המחנה, סרבית קשישה שהתעוורה במחנה.

Director : Simo Brdar

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 11

Language : Serbian

The Shooting - Part 2

The documentary deals with the problem of the Holocaust. The Second Word War was finished more then 60 years ago but many victims of the fascism are not buried up to now. On December 1941 more tan four thousand five hundred Russian Jews were shot by German troops in the city of Yalta in Crimea. For many years the human rests of the victims were not buried

Director : Mikhail Degtiar

Production Year : 1995

Duration : 20

Language : Russian

The Armenians: A Story Of Survival

In 301 A.D., Armenia became the first nation to adopt Christianity. Commemorating this anniversary 1,700 years later, The Armenians: A Story of Survival, tells the tale of these people. This compelling documentary explores the journey and struggle of the Armenian people – from their humble beginnings near the Middle East through their Christian conversion in 301, their near elimination during the first Genocide of the 20th century to the birth of the Armenian nation.

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 80

Language : English

The Armenian Americans

The Armenian Americans hears voices from a generation invigorated by Armenia’s independent status speak with unprecedented candor about the 1915 Genocide that scattered survivors around the world and the ways in which Armenian American families have tethered this cultural identity for generations to come. The program illuminates a fascinating journey from the top of Mount Ararat to the top of America’s most successful industries in a very personal nostalgic family album.

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 80

Language : English

Images Of The Armenian Spirit

Images of the Armenian Spirit transports the viewer to today’s Republic of Armenia and, through this journey, explores the spirit of what it means to be Armenian. Some of the highlights offered in this documentary include rarely seen photographs of the rescue, by the French, of the Armenian residents of Musa Dagh during the genocide, as well as footage shot undercover in Eastern Turkey showing the devastated areas that were once historic Armenia.

Production Year : 2003

Duration : 80

Language : English

CNN Presents: Scream Bloody Murder

CNN documentary report by veteran Christiane Amanpour about the genocide in the world during the 20th century and focusing on units which tried to fight back.

Director : Christiane Amanpour

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 120

Language : English

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