Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

Torchlighters at Yadvashem, 2003 - Ephraim Agmon

Short film of the lighting of the torches on the eve of Holocaust Day, 2003. Torchlighter Ephraim Agmon. Includes testimony of against a background of family photographs, archival photographs and a visit to Yad Vashem.

: 2003

: 3

: Hebrew

Torchlighters at Yadvashem, 2003 - David (Yorek) Plonski

Short film of the lighting of the torches on the eve of Holocaust Day, 2003. Torchlighter David (Yorek) Plonski. Includes testimony of against a background of family photographs, archival photographs and a visit to Yad Vashem.

: 2003

: 3

: Hebrew

Correspondent Special: The Evita Connection

Documentary series. Julian O'Halloran investigates files unearthed recently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, linking President Juan Peron and his venerated wife Eva to a secret operation to make the South American country a major haven for Nazi war criminals.

: Julian O'halloran

: 1998

: 45

: English, Spanish

One Day You'll Understand

To be translated

: Amos Gitai

: 2008

: 89

: French

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazi's for saving the lives of nearly 2,000 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.

: John Kent Harrison

: 2009

: 95

: English, French

My Sister Tikva

Prof. Yair Tauman is haunted by a childhood memory which never leaves him - the parting from his sister Tikva, who, on the day of her departure for the United States, learns that she is adopted. Born in Lithuania, she was given to a Christian family that hid her for the duration of the war. For some years she lived with the Tauman family in Israel, and then was separated from them without properly understanding why. She was sent to the US, from where she sent letters to her brother Yair, and he in turn sent letters to her. She continued to live in America, but the letters eventually stopped. Nonetheless, Tauman...

: Vered Berman

: 2009

: 53

: English, Hebrew

Extraordinary People from Oświęcim - How They Aided Auschwitz Prisoners

This is a film about how the residents of the land of Oświęcim rescued Auschwitz prisoners. Oświęcim is a town in southern Poland, situated some 50 kilometres west of Kraków. Outside Poland, it is sometimes still called Auschwitz, its German name, in reference to the Auschwitz concentration camp built there by Nazi Germany during World War II. Auschwitz Museum historians have managed to establish the names of over 1,200 Poles from Oświęcim and the vicinity who aided prisoners. The Germans arrested at least 177 people in revenge. Sixty-two of them perished in Auschwitz and other concentration camps. One of the...

: Stefan Wilkanowicz

: 2006

: 29

: Polish

The travel agency of Josef Schleich

This documentary tells the story of Josef Schleich who saved thousands of Jews in 1938-41. Schleich, who loved surrounding himself with beautiful women and had 7 children to feed, started to smuggle Jews from Germany in 1938. His apartment was a station on the route to safety. There are no precise records of his activities, but he may have helped 20,000 Jews to leave the country in 1938-41. In March 1941, when he was arrested by the Gestapo in Graz and taken to court. The film explores here original locations and presents interviews with living witnesses: his children, farmers from the border country of Austria...

: Elisabeth Stratka, Gerald Navara

: 2001

: 43

: German

Julia

Drama based on the memories of the American playwright Lillian Hellman. Even though she born to a rich family, independently minded Hellman developed a political awareness and fought against fascism in the 1930s and with her good friend (and most ardent fan), finds herself drawn into a dangerous world of smuggling during the times of Nazism. Winner of 3 Academy Awards (best screenplay based on material previously published, best actor in a supporting role, best actress in a supporting role).

: Fred Zinnemann

: 1977

: 117

: English, French, Spanish

Auschwitz, The Nazis and the Final Solution

Final part in the BBC 6-part documentary series; ‘Liberation and Revenge’ completes the history of Auschwitz. As the end of the war approached, Auschwitz officers tried to hide the evidence of their crimes but were not completely successful. After liberation, survivors searched for their family and tried to return to their prewar homes, but former communities and neighbors did not always welcome them. As evidence of war crimes emerged, some senior SS officers were tried and convicted; others were allowed to resume their lives. Over 4 years, 1.3 million people were sent to Auschwitz and 1.1 million people died...

: Laurence Rees

: 2005

: 50

: English

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