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Journal De Rivesaltes 1941-1942

Documentary film about the Rivesaltes camp, a camp of families close to the French-Spanish border in southern France, which was managed by the Vichy government. German-Jewish prisoners were sent to the camp from the Saar, Baden and Palatinate regions. The film is based on testimony of Freidel Bohny-Reiter, formerly a nurse in the camp on behalf of the OSE organization, a Swiss aid organization (Le Secours Suisse). Includes testimonies and archival photographs.

Director : Jacqueline Veuve

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 75

Language : French

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

A Matter of Time - Common Fate, Chapter 2

This 2-part documentary film tells the little-known story of the Jewish communities of North Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) during World War Two, revealing how, had fate not intervened, it was only “a matter of time” until they would share the fate of their fellow Jews in Europe. Through archival and new footage and stills, extensive interviews with surviving eyewitnesses and historians, as well as computer-generated animation, the film depicts Jewish life in North Africa and describes the evidence of plans by German and Italian occupiers to carry out “the final solution” far from the shores...

Director : סרז' אנקרי

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 55

Language : Hebrew

The Raids of the Summer of 1942 in the free zone

This film is about a little known aspect of the deportation of Jews from France. It explains how, in August 1942, 11 000 men, women, children, Jews who had fled to the south of France entirely under the authority of the Vichy regime, were arrested by police and gendarmes in the French term fully prepared to raids by French officials. Based on the story of survivors, supported by the analysis of eminent historians, this documentary reconstructs the details of this crime. It was supported by the FMS.

Director : Antoine Casubolo Ferro

Production Year : 2009

Duration : 52

Language : French

War and Remembrance - Part 12

פרק תשיעי ב"מלחמה וזכרון", סדרת דרמה בת 12 פרקים המבוססת על רב המכר מאת הרמן ווק (Herman Wouk). סיפור הסדרה מתחיל עם הפצצת פרל הרבור והצטרפות ארה"ב למלחמה באירופה והוא עוקב אחר המשך קורותיה של משפחת הנרי האמריקנית שראשיתו הוצג בסדרה "רוחות מלחמה", גם היא לפי ספרו של ווק, תוך שילוב סיפורן של דמויות פיקטיביות באירועים מרכזיים של מלה"ע ה-2 ובדמויות היסטוריות ידועות.

Director : Dan Curtis, Tommy Groszman

Production Year : 1988

Language : English

Walter Nabholz - talking about the time as forced laborer

Biography of Walter Nabholz, born in Munich, survivor, who served in Wermacht, but being Mieschling was deported to Tiefehort camp in 1944.

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 44

Language : German

War and Remembrance - Part 9

Episode 9 in “War and Remembrance”, a 12 part television drama based on the best-seller by Herman Wouk. The story starts with the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the US joining the war in Europe. It then follows generations of the American Henry family whose beginnings were presented in “The Winds of War”, also a book by Wouk. Combines the stories of fictitious characters with key events of the Second World War.

Director : Dan Curtis, Tommy Groszman

Production Year : 1988

Duration : 91

Language : English

Das Letzte Visum: Passage unbekannt, Varian Fry und das Emergency Rescue Committee

Director : Karin Alles

Production Year : 1988

Duration : 74

Language : German

War and Remembrance - Part 8

פרק שביעי ב"מלחמה וזכרון", סדרת דרמה בת 12 פרקים המבוססת על רב המכר מאת הרמן ווק (Herman Wouk). סיפור הסדרה מתחיל עם הפצצת פרל הרבור והצטרפות ארה"ב למלחמה באירופה והוא עוקב אחר המשך קורותיה של משפחת הנרי האמריקנית שראשיתו הוצג בסדרה "רוחות מלחמה", גם היא לפי ספרו של ווק, תוך שילוב סיפורן של דמויות פיקטיביות באירועים מרכזיים של מלה"ע ה-2 ובדמויות היסטוריות ידועות.

Director : Dan Curtis, Tommy Groszman

Production Year : 1988

Language : English

War and Remembrance - Part 7

(פרק 6 מתחיל בדקה ה- 01:17:00).

Director : Dan Curtis, Tommy Groszman

Production Year : 1988

Language : English

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