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The documentary about 18.000 deported and murdered children from the Netherlands

Director : Willy Lindwer

Production Year : 2012

Duration : 42

Language : Dutch

Based on 1988 book of the same title, this documentary tells the story of Anne Frank starting at the point at which her diary stops. Including family photographs and archival films.

Director : Willy Lindwer

Production Year : 1988

Duration : 71

Language : Dutch

Oorlogsgetuigen - The Story Of Otto Treumann As A Boy In Nazi Occupied Holland

This documentary, made by Anne Frank Stichtung, presents a portrait of Otto Treumann, author of Anne Frank, A History for Today, that as a German-Jewish boy who grew up in Nuremberg found himself fascinated by the Nazis. Treumann comments on the rise of Nazism and nationalism from his own point of view and points out that the appeal of Nazism was powerful through use of propaganda and mass media.

Director : Pieter Fleury

Production Year : 1989

Duration : 30 34

Language : English

Waves of Freedom

Recruited in 1947 by the Haganah to break the British naval blockade of Palestine, Paul Kaye and twenty-five other American recruits set sail in a dilapidated ship, “The Tradewinds,” from Baltimore to Palestine. Along the way, they picked up 1,500 displaced persons in Italy in the dead of night, and engaged in a naval battle with three British warships. And that is just the beginning of their astounding true story, upon which the award-winning novel and film Exodus was based. Through poignant, insightful, colorful and sometimes humorous interviews, interspersed with historic footage, the filmdocuments the...

Director : אלן רוזנטל

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 53

Language : English, Hebrew

Emotional Arithmetic

Based on the novel by canadian author, Matt Cohen, Emotional Arithmetic focuses on three Drancy internment camp survivors who are reunited for a summer “life changing” meal at a a farm in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. During their reunion, they try to deal with their emotional consequences, confront the past, reconcile their feelings about one another, and struggle to move on. Note: When released on DVD, the film's title differed from that of its theatrical release and was called Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning.

Director : Paolo Barzman

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 99

Language : English

Marion's Triumph : Surviving History's Nightmare

Based on archival footage, photos and animated flashbacks, this documentary tells the story of Marion Blumenthal Lazar, a child Holocaust survivor. In 1938, Marion and her family were on their escape route to the U.S. as refugees. Just before their scheduled departure from Rotterdam, the Germans invaded Holland; bombed their ship and they were trapped. What began were a 6 and-a-half years of persecution in Nazi camps; a story of near escapes, hopes and tragedy. Finally they made it to the U.S in 1948 using the tickets paid for 10 years earlier. At the time of her liberation at age 10, Marion weighed 35 pounds....

Director : John Chua

Production Year : 2002

Duration : 50

Language : English

A Journey with Anne Frank

סרט תעודי בהפקה איטלקית-גרמנית משותפת העוסק באנה פרנק באמצעות עדויות, קטעי קריאה, תצלומי וסרטי ארכיון.

Director : Robert Malini, Dario Picciau

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 52

Language : English, Hebrew, Italian

Torchlighters at Yadvashem, 1996 - David Pur

Short film of the lighting of the torches on the eve of Holocaust Day, 1996. Torchlighter David Pur. Includes testimony of against a background of family photographs, archival photographs and a visit to Yad Vashem.

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 30

Language : Hebrew

Westerbork Camp 1939-1945

Documentary film that deals with the Westerbork camp, a transit camp in Holland that served as a transit station for Jews deported to the east. The film surveys the history of the camp from its first days until liberation in 1945. Includes testimonies of survivors who tell about what happened to them in the camp, archival films and a rare interview with the former camp commander Gemmeker.

Director : Wolfgang Bauer, Karel Margry

Production Year : 1999

Duration : 55

Language : Dutch, English, German

Liberated on April 1945 - 4 Years in German Captivity

Documentary film produced by Israel Television, Channel 1about the story of Israeli soldiers who assisted the British Army during the Second World War and were captured by the Germans.

Director : Yehuda Kaveh

Production Year : 1991

Duration : 50

Language : Hebrew

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