A succession of known Holocaust pictures and family portraits are the background for the memories of Rabbanit Esther Jungreis, Bergen-Belsen survivor. Mrs. Jungreis, born in Hungary, describes the brutal way in which she was deported and her journey in the cattle truck. Also ghetto life and mass killing. Lost 85 cousins and extended relatives in the gas chambers at Auschwitz. She is a survivor of Bergen-Belsen.
During the horrible years of the Holocaust, God sent down the wonderful figure of the Admor from Pisczina. His entire family perished in the Ghetto but he continued to lead until he died. This film introduces us to one of his last students, Haim Kaner.
Documentary film presenting stories of spiritual resistance achieved by keeping the commandment of "Tefillin" despite the Nazi prohibition, under the hellish conditions of the ghettos, concentration camps and death marches. Includes archival footage and still photographs. Witnesses: Sinai Adler, Rabbi Pinchas Menachem Joskowicz, Eliyahu Hermann, Moshe Porat, Nehemiah Scheingott, and others.
An episode from "Frontline" television show. As young children, they lived through the Holocaust. Now, some of the last remaining survivors recount their memories and the lingering trauma. The episode shows how disturbing childhood experiences and unimaginable loss have impacted their daily lives and relationships – from survivor’s guilt, to crises of faith and second-generation trauma. With - Frank Bright, Janine Webber, Susan Pollack, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and her daughter Maya Jacobs-Wallfisch
A documentary. Zipora (Feige) was in born in Belfort, France, in 1931 to a traditional and educated family. Following the German occupation of France, her parents contacted women from the Salvation Army who tended to Jewish children that had been arrested, and Zipora's mother began assisting with their activity. Zipora's parents were later caught and separately sent to Auschwitz. Her two brothers Shmuel and Yosef, which had been under the care of the Salvation Army, were transferred to a Jewish institution in Paris. Zipora and her sister Sima hid in girls' boarding schools in the city of Besançon. Following the...