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Among the first movies to deal with the subject of the Holocaust, this documentary about Jewish war orphans opened in New York in September 1948 and has rarely been seen since. According to film critic Jim Hoberman, the film was modeled on Children Must Laugh (Mir Kumen On, 1935), a pre-war Yiddish-language picture about Jewish orphans. The film incorporates newsreels, actual footage of children receiving aid from relief agencies, and a few staged sequences.

Director : M. Bahelfer, O. Fessler, A. Hamza

Production Year : 1946

Duration : 38

Language : French, Yiddish

Children of the Storm

This documentary centers on interviews with dozens of the 1,100 Jewish refugee orphans who came to Canada under the postwar Canadian Jewish Congress War Orphans Project. Their stories describe survival of the Holocaust and the difficult transition to establish new lives in foster homes. Historian Irving Abella relates the Canadian wartime record, including Ottawa's rejection of 5,000 Jewish refugee children, all of whom subsequently perished. These survivors reflect the endurance and determination that allowed them to contribute to their adopted country in business, law, medicine, education, art and science....

Director : Jack Kuper

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 96

Language : English

Refugee Voices: Moments and Memories

This collection of 13 video testimonies is part of the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) project that provides an extensive range of social and welfare services, and grants financial assistance to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution who came to Britain before, during and after WWII. About 70,000 refugees - including approximately 10,000 children on the Kindertransport - arrived in from Nazi-occupied Europe in the late 1930s. Many more arrived after the end of the WWII having survived in hiding, in ghettos or in concentration camps. Today, membership is extended to all Jewish victims of Nazi persecution and...

Director : Bea Lewkowicz

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 40

Language : English

Exodus 1947

This documentary examines the history and impact of the Exodus 1947, the ship that tried to run the British blockade of Palestine. Crewed by former Jewish-American GIs, the ship took on a cargo of Holocaust survivors in France and headed for Palestine in the summer of 1947. After a battle on the high seas with the British, the illegal immigrants were sent back to DP camps in the British Zone of Germany. The newsreel and print media seized upon the Exodus 1947 as a symbol of the Jewish struggle for statehood. This aborted voyage evoked international support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine....

Director : Elizabeth Rodgers, Robby Henson

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 60

Language : English

Haven

סיפורה של עיתונאית אמריקאית שלוקחת על עצמה את משימת ליוויים של אלף פליטי שואה ליישוב מחדש בארצות הברית. לאחר הגעתם, היא מבינה שמשימתה לא הושלמה והיא ממשיכה ללחום למענם בכל תלאות הבירוקרטיה והדעות הקדומות. Dr. Ruth Gruber — Born in Brooklyn in 1911. One of the most important US newspaper photographers of the 20th century. Author of 19 books, including Exodus—The Ship that Launched a Nation. Recipient of over 70 prizes and honorary titles, including a prize for life achievement from the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Director : John Gray

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 190

Language : English

Pillar of Fire, Part 6 - Exodus 1945 - 1947

Episode 6 in the Isreali TV documentary series “The Pillar of Fire”, that explores the history of the Zionist Movement till the establishment of the state of Israel. This Episode deals with the post WWII years 1945-1947. Including archive materials and interviews. Participants: Moshe Sonnenschon – Holocaust survivor Herold Bily – Assistant to the British Foreign Office Sonia Hirsh – Refugee Israel Galili – Hagana Command John Shaw – Senior Secretary, Government of Palestine Menahem Begin – Irgun Commander, on the explosion of the King David Hotel and the Irgun people...

Director : Michael Lev Tov

Production Year : 1986

Duration : 51

Language : English

The Illegals

Author Meyer Levin joined Haganah men after WWII and described in this semi-documentary film "Aliyah Bet", the underground illegal movement of Holocaust survivors to British mandated Palestine. The story follows a young Polish Jewish couple that makes its winding way to Eretz Israel. Including footage of British soldiers boarding a refugee ship.

Director : Meyer Levin

Production Year : 1947

Duration : 51

Language : English, Hebrew

Return to Hell - The Drama of the "Exodus"

Through eyewitness accounts and archival photographs, this documentary depicts the story of the “Exodus”, the ship that became a symbol of the struggle for the right to immigrate to the land of Israel. Approximately 4,500 Jewish refugees boarded the “Exodus” July 11th 1947, a ship that was purchased by the Mossad for Aliya Bet. In cramped conditions and shortages in supplies, the ship left the port in Southern France. During the voyage the name of the ship was changed to “Exit Europe 1947”.

Director : Dietmar Schulz

Production Year : 2004

Duration : 45

Language : German

BRICHA JEWISH ESCAPES FROM POST-WAR LITUNIA

סרט דוקומנטרי המתחקה אחר סיפור בריחתם של ניצולי השואה משטחי ליטא של אחרי מלחמת העולם השנייה, בדרכם לארץ ישראל.

Director : Jonas Öhman

Production Year : 2009

Duration : 21

Language : Russian