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Summary: Poland in the Stalin period. This is the dramatic story of three people: an honest and idealistic communist, a Polish RAF pilot, and a ZMW (the Rural Youth Association) activist. Secretary of the Workers' Party, Jakuszyn, intervenes on behalf of Pioter, a former officer of the British air force, unfairly accused of collaboration with bandits. Pioter is sentenced to ten years in prison, and Jakuszyn, for the alleged 'lack of vigilance', loses his post. Anna, a young ZWM activist, also tries to save Pioter. All in vain. Bitter and lonely, she marries a journalist Rydz, an opportunist and...

Director : Janusz Morgenstern

Production Year : 1964

Duration : 93

Language : Polish

Power of the Powerless

Siła Bezsilnych (Power of the Powerless) series tells the story of the Polish resistance movement against the Communist government during World War II. This chapter is dedicated to Joseph Kuras, nicknamed "Fire", who was the commander of the partisan organization "Lightning". The organization acted to release anti-communist underground prisoners from the "Saint Michala" prison in the center of Krakow near military camps and secret police headquarters with not a single shot fired. The last living witness Zbigniew Plobodah describes the action. The history of "Fire" reflects the history of post-war Poland. The...

Director : Tadeusz Pawlicki

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 49

Language : Polish

Ravensbrück 1939-1945

This documentary gives a straight overview over the history of the camp, without showing any interviews with survivors or witnesses. The film contains photographs from Ravensbrueck camp, film footage from the German attack on Poland, drawings from the inmates of Ravensbrueck.

Director : Sabine Sundermann

Production Year : 1999

Duration : 35

Language : German

Naked Among the Wolves Naked with Wolves

Set just prior to the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, this film, based on Bruno Apitz's autobiographical book (1958), tells a moving story about a group of political prisoners who find a four-year-old Jewish boy in a valise and set about hiding him from the Nazis.

Director : Frank Beyer

Production Year : 1963

Duration : 119

Language : German

Recollections - Include 5 sections: Beginings, Loss, Choices, Belief, Afterwards: Message to the Future

Documentary presenting testimonies by survivors, Jews, gypsies, political prisoners and Jehovah witnesses.

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 80

Language : English

Landscape After Battle

דרמה המבוססת על שני הסיפורים Battle of Grunwald ו- This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen מאת טדאוש בורובסקי (Tadeusz Borowski), סופר פולני-יהודי ניצול אושוויץ. הסרט מתחיל בסצינת שחרור של מחנה ריכוז נאצי שאסיריו הם פולנים-פוליטיים. במהומה שפורצת, אחד האסירים, טדאוש (Daniel Olbrychski), משורר צעיר ואינטלקטואל, מנסה להוציא ספרים מתוך השריפה. המשך הסיפור מתרחש במחנה עקורים אליו מועברים האסירים ועוסק באהבתו של טדאוש לנינה (Stanislawa Celinska), ניצולה יהודיה מפוכחת. "נוף אחרי המלחמה" מציג את החברה הפולנית של אחר מלה"ע ה-2 כחברה של ניכור, אובדן, פסימיות, ברבריות, וריקבון מוסרי. טדאוש בורובסקי, משורר, סופר...

Director : Andrzej Wajda

Production Year : 1970

Duration : 101

Language : Polish

Once and Today, a German Camp at Beogradskom Sajmištu

This documentary tells the story of Sajmiste, a Nazi Concentration Camp in Serbia on the left bank of the Sava next to Belgrad. Sajmiste was active between Dec. 41 to Sep. 44 and was used initially for Jewish prisoners. Most of the Serbian Jews lost their lives in gas tracks that were used in the camp during Spring 42. Later, in Aug. 42, when Belgrade was declared as "free from Jews", Sajmiste was used for anti-Nazi activists. In 1944 the camp was bombed from the air by American planes and the result was 80 dead and 170 wounded. The original cause for the bombings was a near by railroad track. SS men ran...

Director : Dejan Kosanovic

Production Year : 1992

Duration : 44

Language : Serbian-Croatian

La Risiera di San Sabba

A documentary film about the Nazi concentration camp "La Risiera di San Sabba", located in Trieste, Italy. The film includes survivors' testimonies, historians' explanations and archival photographs.

Director : Gianfranco Rados, Piero Pieri

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 28

Language : English

Auschwitz, The Nazis and the Final Solution

Final part in the BBC 6-part documentary series; ‘Liberation and Revenge’ completes the history of Auschwitz. As the end of the war approached, Auschwitz officers tried to hide the evidence of their crimes but were not completely successful. After liberation, survivors searched for their family and tried to return to their prewar homes, but former communities and neighbors did not always welcome them. As evidence of war crimes emerged, some senior SS officers were tried and convicted; others were allowed to resume their lives. Over 4 years, 1.3 million people were sent to Auschwitz and 1.1 million people died...

Director : Laurence Rees

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 50

Language : English

Auschwitz, The Nazis and the Final Solution

Fifth part in the BBC 6-part documentary series; ‘Murder and Intrigue’ explores the web of international politics spun during the last nine months of 1944. By that spring, the Allies knew about Auschwitz and had the military capability to bomb it. Yet despite the pleas of Jewish leaders, the British and Americans decided not to bomb the railways or gas chambers. During the spring and summer, hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews were deported to Auschwitz at a time when the killing machinery had been honed to perfection. That autumn saw a significant act of resistance in Auschwitz, when a group of Jewish...

Director : Laurence Rees

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 50

Language : English

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