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Otto Lowy remembers his life as a Jewish child in Prague under the Nazi occupation. The film follows him through the streets of the old Prague and the Jewish Quarter. His tour is intertwined with touring guide's briefings played by an actress. Lowy's life was saved when his parents sent him to England in 1939 as part of the Kindertrasport Operations.*

Director : David Cherniack

Production Year : 1987

Duration : 28

Language : English

What We Called Home

60 years after escaping Germany, 27 survivors of the Jewish orphanage of Berlin met at their old home. They visit their childhood districts and tell the story of their escape, describing from their point of view Germany then and now.

Director : Angelika Kettelhack, Uli Gellermann

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 30

Language : German

Rabbinical Leadership During the Holocaust

This film is presented by the educational unit of the production company “Shem Olam’, an institute which was founded in 1996 in Kfar Harrah in Emek Hefer by Rabbi Avraham Krieger with the aim of investigating and documenting the religious and spiritual world in the Holocaust. “The Rabbinical leadership at the time of the Holocaust” deals with Rabbi Zvi Yosef Carlebach who is known as the last Rabbi practicing in Nazi Germany. The film reconstructs his actions in the field of education and community leadership. Rabbi Carlebach led the community before the Holocaust and during it, until his murder in 1942.

Director : Rivka Imber

Duration : 17

Language : Hebrew

Kinder Exodus 1939

Documentary film that presents testimonies by those who were children in the Kindertransport, a rescue operation for children from the Nazi terror which took place a short time before the outbreak of World War II. Around 10,000 children, mostly Jews, were sent from countries under German rule to adoptive families and hostels in Great Britain. Only a few were fortunate to meet their parents again at the end of the war. Testimonies, and archival films and photographs.

Director : Hilary Gatoff

Production Year : 1999

Duration : 28

Language : English

My Knees Were Jumping - Remembering the Kindertransports

Until now, the extraordinary story of the "kindertransports" has not been captured on film. With tremendous courage and ingenuity, a group of British Jews and Quakers conceived of a rescue mission that saved the lives of 9,354 children from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland between December 1938 and August 1939. Seventy percent were Jewish; the rest were Gypsies and other ethnicities. Ninety percent never saw their parents again. In recording her Viennese-born mother's story, filmmaker Melissa Hacker reveals the isolation of the rescued children, and the way memories and fears were transmitted to the...

Director : Melissa Hacker

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 76

Language : English

No Time To Say Goodbye

The film tells the story of the Jewish and non-Aryan children - nearly 10,000 of them - who, in the months leading up to the outbreak of World War II were transported out of Nazi Europe. After rushed farewells to parents at stations, they travelled alone to a new life in Britain. Most of them never saw their families again.

Director : Sally George

Production Year : 1989

Duration : 55

Language : English

To Touch Their Hearts

Documentary film at the center of which is a meeting between two Holocaust survivors, Sel Hubert and Jack Polak and their rescuer, Dr. Tina Strobos, who share their experiences with American youth in an American high school.

Director : Philip Gittelman

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 15

Language : English

The Power of Good The Power of Good - Nicholas Winton

Documentary film that tells about the actions of Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who was behind the "Kindertransport", an enterprise of sending Jewish children to adoptive families in England a short time before the outbreak of the Second World War. Includes archival films and testimonies of "the children." Winner of the international Emmy award in 2002 in the category of best documentary film.

Director : Matej Minac

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 57

Language : Czech, English

Into the Arms of Strangers - Stories of the Kindertransport

Documentary film that describes the "Kindertransports", an operation to rescue Jewish children from the Nazi terror which was organized a short time before the outbreak of World War II. Around 10,000 children, mostly Jewish, were sent from countries under German rule to adoptive families and hostels in England. Only a few were fortunate to meet their parents again at the end of the war. Includes testimonies and archival films. Winner of the Oscar Award in the category of best documentary film in 2000. Narration by the British actress Judy Dench.

Director : Mark Jonathan Harris

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 120

Language : English

Jews of Berlin 1938-1945

באמצעות עדויות ניצולים וסקירת סיפוריהם של אינדיבידואלים שונים, הסרט מתאר את הרדיפה אחר יהודי Berlin והיבטים שונים בחייהם בזמן המלחמה; טלאי צהוב; קיום בלתי חוקי; בריחה; מחבוא; סכנה; הפצצות אויר; אוכל; שחרור; הגירה; קינדר טרנספורט; תפיסה; גירושים; SS; מלשינים; גסטאפו; המלשינה היהודייה הידועה Stella Kubler; שיתוף פעולה; Archive Footage: סימון חלונות ראווה יהודים; מראה רחוב ב- Berlin; בית קפה; חצר בבניין מגורים; הפצצות אויר; הריסות; פסל החירות; ילדי קינדר טרנספורט; מהגרים יורדים מאונייה; יהודים עם טלאי צהוב; שיירת מגורשים; יהודים עולים על קרון רכבת אטום; רכבת נוסעת;

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 35

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