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Ben Gurion - The Other Germany and the Holocaust Remembrance

Film produced by the documentary department of Israel Television that deals with Ben Gurion and Israel-German relations after the war. Presented by Chaim Yavin.

Director : Eli Ribenbach

Production Year : 1987

Duration : 56

Language : Hebrew

To Conquer the Mountain or Die: The Life of Menachem Begin

Director : Nissim Mossek

Production Year : 1999

Language : English, Hebrew

In the Name of the Victims

In this documentary, an overview of the activities of a number of Jewish organizations, led by “The Prosecution Convention” as well as the history of the reparations agreement are presented. The film tries to answer the question why many Holocaust survivors are not benefiting from the monies and property that Jewish organizations succeeded in reacquiring in the name of the victims of the Nazis. Includes archival footage, photographs, interviews with Holocaust survivors, researchers, jurists, journalists, and prosecution convention issues, the foundation for Holocaust survivors welfare, and more.

Director : אילן זיו

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 55

Language : English, Hebrew

Paying For Justice

A 2007 documentary film on the YES television network aired on the evening before Holocaust Day about the economic difficulties of many Holocaust survivors living in Israel. The program focuses on the investigation by journalists Orli Vilnai-Federbush and Guy Maroz into the financial retributions that have been allocated to the survivors and have not been passed on to them. Includes interviews with survivors and with different people working in the institutions dealing with this issue. Archival footage of Moshe Sharett, Foreign Minister in Ben-Gurion's Government (1953), about the signing of the agreement for...

Director : גיא מרוז, אורלי וילנאי פדרבוש

Production Year : 2007

Language : Hebrew

The Templers - Secrets in Tel Aviv

This documentary explores the German Templers settlement in British Mandate Palestine. The Templers (Members of the Temple Society; Tempelgesellschaft), a religious protestant order founded in south Germany in the 2nd half of the 19th century, believed that redemption (2nd coming of Christ) would arrive only by inhabiting the Holy land. They settled in Palestine as of the 19th Century until their deportation by the Britishץ under suspicion charges of collaboration with the Nazis. The film tells of their lives in this country, Sarona and other agricultural settlements, community life, good neighborhood relations...

Director : Arie Gur

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 80

Language : Hebrew

Biography - Konrad Adenauer

This documentary presents the biography of Konrad Adenauer, the First Chancellor of West Germany (1949-1963). Before the war, Adenauer was a member of the Central Party and between 1917 and 1933 he served as mayor of Cologne. As a Catholic, he opposed the Nazis and in March 1933, was removed from his post and even arrested on two occasions. In his role as Chancellor, Adenauer finalized reparation payments with Israel. He liaised with Moscow regarding the release of prisoners of war and initiated reconciliation with France. The period when he served is characterized as one of prosperity and cultural and...

Production Year : 1963

Duration : 25

Language : English

Reckonings

A documentary movie. The story of the "Claim Conference". Holocaust Survivors were in urgent need of help, but how could reparations be determined for the unprecedented destruction of a people and atrocities suffered by millions? This film explores this story set in the aftermath of the Holocaust and leading to the groundbreaking Luxembourg Agreements of 1952.

Director : Roberta Grossman

Production Year : 2022

Duration : 84

Language : English, German

Restitution

סרט תיעודי. פולין היא המדינה היחידה הגדולה, מבין מדינות האיחוד האירופי, שעדיין מסרבת לחוקק את חוק תשלום הפיצויים ליהודים שרכושם נבזז , נגנב או הוחרם במהלך מלחמת העולם השנייה.

Director : Eric Scott

Production Year : 2014

Language : English

Ben Gurion Epilogue

A documentary. The film brings to life a lost interview with of one of the modern history's greatest leaders, David Ben-Gurion. It is 1968, he is 82 and lives in the desert. Ben-Gurion's introspective soul-searching provides a surprising vision for crucial decisions Israel needs to make today. At the time of the global leadership crisis, the film also brings thought-provoking insights about the role of leaders in today's complex world.

Director : Yariv Mozer

Production Year : 2016

Duration : 69

Language : English, Hebrew

המלחמה האחרונה של ילדי טהרן

בערוב ימיהם יוצאים אברהם, זיגי, שרייבר ורובינזון לקרב האחרון בחייהם: הקרב נגד מדינת ישראל, עליה חלמו ואותה הקימו במו ידיהם. ארבעתם מייצגים 217 ילדי טהרן, יתומי שואה שתובעים ממדינת ישראל כספים שהתקבלו עבור שיקומם מגרמניה. העימות עם המדינה שמונתה להיות האפוטרופוס הרשמי שלהם, מציף בהם שוב את כאב היתמות. הסרט מתעד 12 שנים של מאבק מטלטל, מקומם ומצחיק, במהלכו הופכים הגיבורים לחבורה שיש בה אהבה, שותפות גורל ונחמה.

Director : טלילה פרנק

Production Year : 2016

Duration : 57

Language : Hebrew