Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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Torchlighters at Yadvashem, 2003 - Hela Schüpper-Rufeisen

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

Production Year : 2003

Duration : 3

Language : Hebrew

Torchlighters at Yadvashem, 2003 - David (Yorek) Plonski

Short film of the lighting of the torches on the eve of Holocaust Day, 2003. Torchlighter David (Yorek) Plonski. Includes testimony of against a background of family photographs, archival photographs and a visit to Yad Vashem.

Production Year : 2003

Duration : 3

Language : Hebrew

She Paid the Ultimate Price

A Holocaust documentary about the heroic deeds of a Ukrainian woman Kateryna Sikorska, 1906-1943, widow, mother of three small children, who, while trying to save her Jewish neighbours, herself fell victim to the Nazis.

Director : Iryna Korpan

Production Year : 2011

Duration : 58

Language : English, Polish, Ukrainian

Between the Raindrops - Part 3

Documentary series – part 3. “Jews went to concentration camps and they were killed there, says a girl. "They were killed because..." says another girl, and then she pauses before saying "I actually don't know." This film is a lesson for those who don't know and for those who think they know, but will probably never understand. It is a heart breaking account of the Jews from Cracow, their extermination, their survival, and the monstrosities they experienced from the hands of German Nazis. And the lesson? That in life the most important value is the life itself. . The film includes testimonies of survivors and...

Director : Kuba Karyś, Paulina Loszek

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 44

Language : Polish

Between the Raindrops - Part 2

Documentary series – Part 2 . “Jews went to concentration camps and they were killed there, says a girl. "They were killed because..." says another girl, and then she pauses before saying "I actually don't know." This film is a lesson for those who don't know and for those who think they know, but will probably never understand. It is a heart breaking account of the Jews from Cracow, their extermination, their survival, and the monstrosities they experienced from the hands of German Nazis. And the lesson? That in life the most important value is the life itself. The film includes testimonies of survivors and...

Director : Kuba Karyś, Paulina Loszek

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 44

Language : Polish

Between the Raindrops - Part 1

Documentary series – Part 1. “ Jews went to concentration camps and they were killed there”, says a girl. "They were killed because..." says another girl, and then she pauses before saying "I actually don't know." This film is a lesson for those who don't know and for those who think they know, but will probably never understand. It is a heart breaking account of the Jews from Cracow, their extermination, their survival, and the monstrosities they experienced from the hands of German Nazis. And the lesson? That in life the most important value is the life itself. The film includes testimonies of survivors and...

Director : Kuba Karyś, Paulina Loszek

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 44

Language : Polish

Beitar

A documentary. It tells the story of thew Jewish movement of "Betar". It was active in Poland from the mid-1920s until the outbreak of WWII in 1939. Founded by Ze'ev Zabotynski in 1922, it aimed at instilling patriotism in generations of young Jews and readying them to fight for a Jewish state. Before WWII the organization was lead in Poland by Menachem Begin, the future Prime Minister of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The film features interviews with the last living members of Betar, in Israel.

Director : Robert Kaczmarek

Production Year : 2011

Duration : 54

Language : Polish

We are Here

Documentary about Helen Shabas, a Holocaust survivor who shared insights and reflections on her life as a Jew in Poland under the Nazi occupation

Director : Harrison Heller

Production Year : 2012

Duration : 33

Language : Hebrew

Torchlighters at Yadvashem, 1998 - Prof. Israel Gutman

Short film of the lighting of the torches on the eve of Holocaust Day, 1998. Torchlighter Prof. Israel Gutman. Includes testimony of against a background of family photographs, archival photographs and a visit to Yad Vashem.

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 3

Language : Hebrew

Torchlighters at Yadvashem, 2000 - Yehuda Szternfeld

Short film of the lighting of the torches on the eve of Holocaust Day, 2000. Torchlighter Yehuda Szternfeld. Includes testimony of against a background of family photographs, archival photographs and a visit to Yad Vashem.

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 3

Language : Hebrew

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