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Based on the autobiographical best-selling novel by Stefanie Zweig (1995), "Nowhere in Africa" focuses on the family's sense of loss, their gradual adjustment to Africa, and their ultimate attachment for this country. Beautifully shot, the film captures the sweeping vastness of the savannahs of Africa. Winner of the Best Foreign Language prize at the 2003 Oscars and five German Film Awards.

Director : Volker Canaris

Production Year : 2002

Duration : 141

Language : English, German

The World At War - Part 7 - On Our Way - America Enters The War, USA 1939-1942

Episode in a 26-part documentary series that presents a detailed survey of World War II. Episode 7: "On Our Way - America Enters The War, USA 1939-1942": The confrontations in Europe and in the countries of the Pacific Ocean are two separate wars. Many Americans are prepared to forget about Hitler and concentrate their war efforts against Japan. President Roosevelt is obligated to the struggle against Hitler, but not the Congress. Unexpectedly, Hitler declares war against the USA and thereby eases the president's difficult decision. In the final analysis the USA is the one that will change the direction of the...

Director : Peter Batty

Production Year : 1974

Duration : 52

Language : English

The Last Sea 1945-1948

Based on archive films, this documentary presents testimonies by anonymous survivors giving evidence on the liberation, the difficult passages through post war Europe, confrontations with the British Navy, detention at camps on Cyprus, and the final arrival in Eretz Israel. “The Last Sea” is the second episode in a series of three Holocaust documentaries produced by the “Ghettos Fighters House”. (The other two are “The 81st Blow” about the rise of anti-Semitism, and “The Face of the Revolt” about the Jewish Resistance). Winner of the Silver Eagle, International Festival of Historic Films, 1983.

Director : David Bergman, Jacko Erlich, Haim Guri

Production Year : 1979

Duration : 60

Language : Hebrew

Paradise in Hell

This documentary begins with Shimon Jantovsky praying and beginning his search for the people who saved him together with one hundred others. Accompanid vy Bpris Rubanovitsch he meets archive worker Bella Kirschner at Yad Vashem searching through the trees of the Righteous Among The Nations. The journey continues back to Helsinki and to the Camp Naarajarvi, they meet significant people and bring survivors testimonie, archive film and stills.

Director : Lisa Hovinheimo

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 56

Language : Finnish, Russian

Les Camps d’Internement du Midi de la France 1939-1944 - Témoignages, Robert Marcault

Il avait 15 ans quand il fut arrete dans l'Aude par lea Gestapo, puis deporte a Auschwitz.

Director : Philippe Perron

Production Year : 2012

Duration : 37

Language : French

Les Camps d’Internement du Midi de la France 1939-1944 - Témoignages, Annie Beck

A l'age de 15 ans, elle s'evada d'un camp de triage pres de Tours, pour rejoindre Toulouse. Grace au reseau de Mgr Saliege, elle fut cachee jusqu'a la fin de la guerre au couvent de Notre-Dame-de-Massip.

Director : Philippe Perron

Production Year : 2012

Duration : 18

Language : French

Les Camps d’Internement du Midi de la France 1939-1944 - Témoignages, Edith Moskovic

Elle avait 9 ans quand elle fut internee au camp de Recebedou. Elle s'en evada avec sa famille et fut une enfant cachee pendant toute la guerre.

Director : Philippe Perron

Production Year : 2012

Duration : 21

Language : French