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This moving film by Italian Director Francesco Rosi (Carmen) tells the story of the journey of the great writer Primo Levi (based on his book “The Reawakening”), from his release from Auschwitz until his return to his homeland Italy. John Turturro, heart-warming in the role of Levi, reveals anew the humanity that the Nazis tried to destroy in the war. The film was runner-up for the Gold Palm Prize at Cannes Festival.

Director : Francesco Rosi

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 125

Language : English, German, Italian, Polish, Russian

The Suicide of a Camp Survivor: The Case of Primo Levi

The life and death of Primo Levi is told using testimonies and readings from his books. Levi, an Italian Jew who survived Auschwitz, was the son of a well-established Piedmont family. He finished his studies and attained a Doctorate in chemistry in 1943 in spite of the difficulties for Jews. With the fall of Mussolini, the Germans took over most of Italy and Levi, who planned to go to the mountains in the north to join the partisans again fascism, was caught by the militia. He admitted that he was a Jew and was sent to Auschwitz in 1944. Levi was imprisoned there for 10 months, until the liberation of...

Director : Netty Rosenfeld

Production Year : 1991

Duration : 72

Language : Dutch, Italian

Crocevia Fossoli

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Director : Baracchi, Federico, Zampa, Roberto

Production Year : 2014

Duration : 110

Language : Italian

Brutal Execution of Mala Zimetbaum - Auschwitz Heroine who Saved Dozens & Was Killed by Nazis

A short documentary. Malka Zimetbaum, also known as "Mala" Zimetbaum, was born on the 26 January 1918 in Brzesko, today’s Poland, then part of Austria-Hungary. Mala’s family had lived in Germany for several years before her birth, which is why German was the main language spoken in her parents' home at the time. Mala moved with her family to Antwerp in Belgium. She achieved excellent results in school, especially in math and foreign languages and she spoke Flemish, French, German, English, Yiddish and Polish. In order to contribute to the family income, Mala dropped out of school and worked as a dressmaker in a...

Production Year : 2023

Duration : 21

Language : English

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עדויות של ניצולי שואה:Ela Erlichman ,Achiva Blanc, Paya Waxenghiser ,Boris Waxenghiser, Elias Kuperstein, Sara Kuperstein

Director : Delia Ackerman

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 32

Language : Spanish