Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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The cooperation between the Polish intelligence service and the Japanese consul Sempo Sugiharain Kaunas in 1939 and 1940, who saved thousands Jews.

Director : Andrzej Miłosz, Piotr Weychert

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 52

Language : Polish

Sugihara and Others

Summary: Documentary film about Japanese Righteous Among the Nations Sempo Sugihara who was a Japanese diplomat in Kovno, Lithuania during World War II and stood not only against the oppression of the Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Japan) but also against the long-standing tradition of compliance. A man of conscience, he went against his country's policy by issuing visas to more than 6,000 Jews during World War 2, which allowed them to escape from the Nazis. Jan...

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 52

Language : Polish

In Memory of Yukiko Sugihara

Director : Saulius Berzinis

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 52

Language : Lithuanian

The Rescuers - Heroes of the Holocaust

This full lenght documentary tells the stories of 12 non-Jewish diplomats from 11 countries, who, against the orders of their governments and alongside other envoys, helped save an estimated 200,000 European Jews during World War II.

Director : Michael King

Production Year : 2010

Duration : 99

Language : English

Chiune Sugihara

This Japaneese TV documentary tells the story of the Righteous Among the Nations Sempo Sugihara. Sugihara was the Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as the consul of the Empire of Japan to Lithuania. The film includes testimonies of survivors and their family members, interview with scholars, documents, photograpjs and archive footage.

Production Year : 2005

Language : English, Japanese

Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness

This documentary film presents the Japanese diplomat, a righteous gentile, Sempo Sugihara (1986-1900). Includes archival footage and photographs.

Director : Robert Kirk

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 82

Language : English

תוכנית הטלוויזיה היפנית על סמפו סוגיהרה

תוכנית הטלוויזיה היפנית על סמפו סוגיהרה.

Duration : 50

Language : Japanese

Escape to the Rising Sun

This film documents the experience of 20.000 Jews who fled Nazi persecution in Europe and took refuge in Shanghai, China, during World War II. For several thousands of them, escape meant travelling through the Soviet Union and Japan before eventually reaching Shanghai. Throughout the Japanese occupation the refugees were completely cut off from the outside world. After Shanghai was liberated, they began leaving for new homes in Europe, USA, Israel and Australia

Director : Diane Perelsztejn

Production Year : 1990

Duration : 96

Language : English, Hebrew, Japanese

Kovno Ghetto - A Buried History

Documentary film that deals with the Kovno/Kaunas ghetto. The film is presented by historian Martin Gilbert and it includes archival films, expert analysis and testimony of survivors.

Director : Herb Krosney

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 77

Language : English, Hebrew

Zerach - A Refugee and Remnant in the Holocaust

This documentary examines the rescue voyage led by Zerach Warhaftig, one of the leaders of Religious Zionism, and a former minister, Knesset member, and lawyer. Warhaftig worked to help seven thousand Jews flee from the Nazis in the beginning of World War II. Based on original footage and testimonies.

Director : Adir Zik

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 58

Language : Hebrew

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