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A documentary film. A unique narrative of the voyage brothers Avner and Itzik took, tracing the roots of their shadowy past. As toddlers, their lives were saved first by their aunt, later by another young woman. Their past included three women who would become their mothers. But all this remained hidden - even from close family and friends. Now 70 year-old, Itzik, and Avner journey into that past, seeking their true identity, and to piece together the puzzle of the incredible story of their survival.

Director : אבי אנג'ל

Production Year : 2011

Duration : 53

Language : Hebrew, Polish

A Powerful Testimony of Forgiveness - Peter Loth, From Holocaust to New Life

עדות פרונטלית באנגלית מאת פיטר לות' (Peter Loth), ניצול שואה יהודי-גרמני אשר שימש בילדותו לניסויים רפואיים במחנה שטוטהוף (Stutthof). כולל תצלומי ארכיון.

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 116

Language : English

Mayim Mayim

On March 22, 1942, the director of the Fürth orphanage, Dr. Isaak Hallemann, his wife Klara, his daughters Eva and Beate-Esther and the 33 orphans were deported to Izbica and from there to the concentration camp Belzec. They never returned. From their fate the idea of a dance project, an homage to the children, was born. A celebration of life and a celebration of encounter beyond all borders, languages, countries and religions. 33 choreographers from all over the world are invited to symbolically adopt one of the orphans. On their behalf, 33 dancers came to Fürth danced for the Fürth orphanage children.

Director : Jakov Sedlar

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 60

Language : English

The Passerby

Dramatic film about Max Baumstein, (Michel Piccoli), a well-known European human rights activist and avowed pacifist, who murders a politician from South America, and is tried for his crime. It turns out that his victim was a Nazi war criminal who ordered the deaths of thousands of people, including Baumstein's parents. Flashbacks reveal Max coping with the horrors of Nazi-occupied France, and Elsa Weiner, (Romy Schneider), who saved his life while struggling to free her husband Michel from a concentration camp. Based on novel by Joseph Kessel.

Director : Jacques Rouffio

Production Year : 1982

Duration : 110

Language : French, German

Henryk Sławik - The Polish Wallenberg

Documentary about Henryk Sławik -Polish journalist and politician. During World War II, he gave assistance to Polish refugees, including Jews, in Hungary. As President of the Citizen's Committee for Help for Polish Refugees, he organized help for interned soldiers and civilian refugees after the defeat in September 1939. Together with Jószef Antall, a representative of the Hungarian government, he provided the refugees false documents, which saved many of their lives. He also saved many Jewish children, for whom he helped to create an orphanage in Vác near Budapest. It is estimated that Henryk Sławik saved...

Director : Marek Maldis, Grzegorz Łubczyk

Production Year : 2004

Duration : 30

Language : English, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish

Meir Brand - The Tale of a Journey

סיפור ההישרדות של מאיר ברנד, שהיה נער בזמן המלחמה. מניצולי רכבת קסטנר.

Production Year : 2008

Language : Hebrew

In My Father’s Footsteps

The film focuses a holocaust survivor, Helen Aronson, and her experiences living in the Lodz Ghetto. The film is the first stage of a three year project called Apprentice Arts set up in partnership with Age Exchange and Gifted and Talented and Aim Higher Lewisham.

Director : David Savill

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 78

Language : English

Niny Remembers...

An interview with Gaby Wolf-Cohen (Niny), on the occasion of the "children of Buchenwald" exhibition inauguration in Paris, by the OSE organization on 11 April- 10 May 2005.

Director : Alain Braun

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 17

Language : French

The Red Book

A short documentary film edited as an audio-visual presentation with musical score (no narration) of photographs and letters of children rescued by the OSE - an organization for the health of the Jews and aid to children. The film was produced as a gift to Gaby Wolf-Cohen (Niny) on her 50th anniversary.

Director : Alain Braun

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 19

Language : Silent Film

Remembering Korczak

Director : שרה כוכב, Ruth Geva

Production Year : 2009

Duration : 28

Language : Hebrew

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