Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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The Making of The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazi's for saving the lives of nearly 2,000 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.

Director : Jan Parkinson

Production Year : 2009

Duration : 15

Language : English

My Mission

Documentary film about Jan Karski, born in Lodz in 1914, a professor at Georgetown University, formerly a member of the Polish underground, and messenger of the Polish government in exile to the governments of allied countries during World War II, living in Washington since 1946. Includes interviews and archival films.

Director : Michal Fajbusiewicz, Waldemar Piasecki

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 74

Language : English, Polish

Another Truth

Documentary. During the 2nd World War the threat of total extinction hung over the Jews in Europe, given the silence of democratic countries and the Jewish Diaspora. After the war, the Poles ran a propaganda campaign designed to cleanse their conscience of the stain of indifference of Poland in relation to the extermination of its Jews, and to answer the allegations that Poland collaborated with the German extermination of the Jews. They highlighted the help Poland gave Jews and as a result the risks Poles were exposed to from their German occupiers. The film tells the history of Polish Jewry beginning in the...

Director : Jagna Wright, Aneta Naszyńska

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 41

Language : Polish

Birth certificate

Threes short- stories (On the road, Letter from the camp, Blood drop) presenting full of tension atmosphere of every day occupation life, From the children's perspective.

Director : Stanislaw Rozewicz

Production Year : 1961

Duration : 99

Language : Polish

Zygielbojm's Death

This is a documentary on the life and death of an exceptional man. S. A. Zygielbojm, an important member of Poland's Jewish community, was smuggled out of the country in 1942 and sent abroad as the Jewish representative of the Polish government-in-exile to spread word of the Nazi atrocities in Poland. Ultimately deeming his efforts futile, Zygielbojm committed suicide after the Warsaw ghetto uprising in an attempt to shock the world out of its indifference. The film won Golden Hobby-Horse of Cracow - Special Mention at Krakow Film Festival 2001 Participants: Reuven Zygielbojm, Jan Karski, Marek...

Director : Dzamila Ankiewicz

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 52

Language : Polish

Kryptonim Pożoga - Dramat Wołyński (1939-1945)

סרט תיעודי. סרט תיעודי זה מתאר את האירועים בווהלין (Wołyn, Volhynia) בזמן מלחמת עולם השנייה ומתרכז בגורלה של האוכלוסייה הפולנית בחבל זה.

Director : Wincenty Ronisz

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 87

Language : Polish

Hanuszka

Chana Avrutsky’s autobiography A Star Among Crosses served as the inspiration for this documentary combining testimony and dramatic sequences to present the incredible tale of a young Jewish girl who escaped the Warsaw Ghetto and found shelter at a monastery where her Jewish identity was never revealed. The nuns took her under their wing and trained her to become a nun herself. In the meantime, a young man studying for the priesthood recruited her (though she did not realize it) as a messenger for the Polish Resistance. After the war Chana returned to Judaism and emigrated to Israel with other members of her...

Director : Nurit Kedar

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 70

Language : Hebrew, Polish

The Partisans

Documentary film that brings the testimony of three partisans who describe life in the partisan units, the activities and the difficulties they experienced. The film makes use of photographs of life in the forest and their fighting operations.

Director : Ayelet Heller

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 5

Language : Hebrew

Cursed Soldiers. Fate of Rebellious

סרט דוקומנטרי המתאר את מאבקם של אנשי המחתרת הפולנית AK שנלחמה במלחמת העולם השנייה נגד הנאצים.

Director : Wincenty Ronisz

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 58

Language : Polish

עדות של פרידה על הסגרתה בידי המחתרת הפולנית

תיעוד ביתי של אודי גרינברג את סבתו , פרידה מייבאום/Frida Maibaum על המחתרת הפולנית שהסגירה אותה לגרמנים ועל האשה הידויה שהצילה אותה ואף היא הוסגרה.

Production Year : 2019

Duration : 6

Language : Hebrew

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