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A thriller. On May 27, 1942 the German Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. The film is the story of Heydrich's assassination and of the search for his assassinators, two Czech underground members. The film was made in the United states of America during the Nazi occupation of the Czech Republic. The film was co-scripted by two German exiles, director Fritz Lang and playwrighter Bertolt Brecht.

Director : Fritz Lang

Production Year : 1943

Duration : 129

Language : English

Julia of Warsaw

Meeting in Warsaw with Julia Pirotte, committed to alongside the French Resistance during the war, she photographed the daily lives of his fellow combat as well as scenes of ordinary life in time of the Occupation. It reflects his own history, standing on Leica III while accompanying everywhere.

Director : Jean-Pierre Krief

Production Year : 1988

Duration : 26

Language : French

עכשיו אני מספרת - זכרונות של פרטיזנית

לראשונה נחשף סיפורה של הפרטיזנית ויטקה-קמפנר אשתו של אבא קובנר. ויטקה, מודל של יהודיה גאה ולוחמת, הייתה סיירת נועזת שלא נרתעה משום משימה קשה והאישה היחידה שקבלה עיטור גבורה על פיצוץ רכבת גרמנית מתוך גטו וילנה 1942. הייתה זו פעולת התנגדות ראשונה כנגד הנאצים שעודדה רבים להתחיל בהתנגדות, בברה"מ ובפולין.

Director : יעל קציר

Production Year : 2011

Duration : 30

Language : Hebrew

Diary of the last heroes - the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising

This documentary presents testimony of fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising recollecting their memories and visiting the places where it happened. Includes photographs and archival film.

Director : Willy Lindwer

Production Year : 1993

Duration : 21 22 48

Language : English, German, Polish, Yiddish

Mario Finzi, Bologna 1913 - Auschwitz 1945

תיעוד ההרצאה על מריו פינצי, יהודי אנטי פשיסטי ואיש מחתרת ופרטיזן באיטליה שנספה באושוויץ. המרצה הוא סופר איטלקי יודע רנטו פרי (Renato Peri) שכתב ספר "Mario Finzi, o del buoMario buon impiego della propria vita"

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 11

Language : Italian

ילדי האש שלי

This documentary records the contribution of the Podhale region (north of the Tatra mountains) to Poland's liberation starting with the formation of Jozef Pilsudski's Legion to which both the smallholders (gorals) and the local landowners belonged. The legendary First Regiment of Podhale Riflemen created in 1918 consisted of inhabitants of this region. During the Second World War Podhale Underground fought German Nazism on many fronts. After the war, when Poland was militarily occupied by Soviet communists, partisan fighters continued their activities. A partisan detachment nicknamed "Ogien" distinguished itself...

Director : Tadeusz Pawlicki

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 40

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

Come and See - Part 2

Elem Klimov, head of the Soviet Filmmakers Association, explores the horrors of WW2 in this coming-of-age drama, and an indictment of the Nazis, as seen through the eyes of Florya, a 14-year-old farm boy who looses his innocence when becoming a witness of genocide. The story begins when Florya steals a gun from a soldier's shallow grave and runs off to join the Resistance fighters in wooded Byelorussia. But after he's left behind by the older partisans, Florya returns home to find his mother and baby sisters have been slaughtered, along with the other villagers. The grieving boy travels on to nearby town, where...

Director : Elem Klimov

Production Year : 1985

Duration : 73

Language : Russian

אל תישן בבית

סיפורו של פרד אברהם מנלה (Fred Abraham Manela), אשר היה חבר במחתרת הגרמנית בתקופת המלחמה.

Director : Peter Vogel

Production Year : 1988

Duration : 40

Language : German

Europe, The Mighty Continent - Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Volume 10 in "Europe: The Mighty Continent", a 13 parts documentary TV series that examines the history of the continent. Actor Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine bring to life the trends, technology and tides of fortune that have so drastically reshaped Europe since 1900. The Allies - The End of War: Betrayed by Russia during her heroic Warsaw Ghetto uprising, Poland was occupied by her betrayers. So fell Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, the rest of the Balkans, half of Germany and half of Vienna. East Europe exchanged the tyranny of Hitler for that of Stalin. Britain went to the polls, cast out the...

Director : John Terraine

Production Year : 1975

Duration : 52

Language : English

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