Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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Torchlighters at Yadvashem, 2003 - Ephraim Agmon

Short film of the lighting of the torches on the eve of Holocaust Day, 2003. Torchlighter Ephraim Agmon. Includes testimony of against a background of family photographs, archival photographs and a visit to Yad Vashem.

results.listIds.year : 2003

results.listIds.duration : 3

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

A Day in October

During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined in staging a mass exodus by fishing boats to neutral Sweden of their Jewish countrymen, practically on the eve of the Nazi's planned round-up and delivery to concentration camps of all Jews. Story is told from the point of view of one Jewish family. English dialogue and U.S. actors top-cast

results.listIds.director : Kenneth Madsen

results.listIds.year : 1991

results.listIds.duration : 99

results.listIds.lang : Danish, English

Underground Rescue Activity - France and Hungary

Documentary film that brings the testimony of men of the underground rescue in Hungary and France about border smuggling, passing information and hiding children. The film makes use of photographs and documents and maps.

results.listIds.director : Ayelet Heller

results.listIds.year : 2005

results.listIds.duration : 6

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

A hand was guiding me

A short documentary. Silvio Borghi, a cheesemaker from Mirandola (Modena), met the Talvi Jewish family in 1943, who were living there under internment. After September 8th, the family turned to him for help in hiding, but the situation was precarious. With the help of Don Dante Sala and the Riva family from Cernobbio, Silvio built a route to safety towards Switzerland, which would later save over 100 people.

results.listIds.director : Valentina Arena

results.listIds.year : 2023

results.listIds.duration : 29

results.listIds.lang : Italian

The priest's net

A short documentary. 1943: In Finale Emilia (Modena), around the figure of the priest Father Benedetto Richeldi, a rescue network is formed that involves the entire city and other areas of the province of Modena. The network organizes the rescue of ten foreign Jews who were under a regime of free internment in Finale, providing them with several hiding places, false documents, and later organizing their escape to Switzerland.

results.listIds.director : Valentina Arena

results.listIds.year : 2023

results.listIds.duration : 31

results.listIds.lang : Italian

Family album

A short documentary. The story of the Sinigaglia family told through photographs, historical films, letters, diaries, and the memories of their descendants. In 1938, the racial laws excluded them from society, and after September 8, 1943, finding themselves in danger of their lives, they were forced to attempt to flee to Switzerland. During these difficult years, they were helped by a diverse network of friends, strangers, colleagues, partisans, and especially by their maid – 'Clelia' – who had lived with them since 1934 and did not hesitate to risk her own safety to contribute to their salvation.

results.listIds.director : Valentina Arena

results.listIds.year : 2023

results.listIds.duration : 21

results.listIds.lang : Italian

Remembering: The Maurits Kiek Story

A documentary presents one man's courage to return to Nazi-occupied Europe and serve as a covert MI-9 agent. His unwavering determination to stand up, in the face of overwhelming odds, and fight the perpetrators of evil was acknowledged in Den Haag in 2015. He is a hero for us to remember as we, too, are continuously challenged to respond to human injustice and cruelty.

results.listIds.director : Cheryl Halpern

results.listIds.year : 2018

results.listIds.duration : 56

results.listIds.lang : Dutch, English

Oltre il confine, la storia di Ettore Castiglioni

סרט תיעודי המביא את סיפורו של אטורה קסטיגליוני / Ettore Castiglioni .

results.listIds.director : Andrea Azzetti, Federico Mazza

results.listIds.year : 2017

results.listIds.duration : 66

results.listIds.lang : English, German, Italian

יופ ווסטרוויל - חסיד אומות עולם

סרט קצר המתעד מאבקו של עיתונאי יהודי לד''ר בנימין סגלוביץ, מנהיג יהודי בשוויץ שהיה מקורב לנציג הקונגרס היהודי העולמי בג'נווה נגד משטר הנאצים. כולל ראיון עם חוקר הנושא ומחבר הספר "בנימין סגלוביץ, 1901-1970 - עיתונאי נגד הנאצים" רישרד (רפי) סיאנו.

results.listIds.year : 2012

results.listIds.duration : 13

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

The Undeground Zionist Youth Movement in Hungary 1944 - The Story of Ephraim-Efra Agmon

סרט תיעודי בשלושה חלקים על פעולות המחתרת החלוצית בהונגריה בשנת 1944, באמצעות סיפורו האישי ופועלו של אפרים אגמון. אגמון מספר על פעילותם במחתרות התנגדות, ציונות, אנטישמיות, פשיזם בהונגריה, גירושים, הוצאות להורג על גדות נהר הדנובה, חיים בגטו, חיים במחבוא, מאבקי הישרדות ועלייה לארץ. כולל סרטי ארכיון המתעדים את בודפשט בזמן המלחמה ובעיקר בזמן הכיבוש הגרמני.

results.listIds.year : 2012

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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