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Reputations - Simon Wiesenthal - The Man Who Hunted Nazis

Personal story of Simon Wiesenthal and his life's work - pursuing Nazi war criminals and bringing them to justice through interviews with Wiesenthal, conversations with eyewitnesses, paintings, photographs and archival films.

Director : Saskia Baron

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 57

Language : English, German

In Search of: Angel of Death, Dr. Mengele

Documentary film that describes the search of Simon Wiesenthal for the Nazi criminal Dr. Josef Mengele, physician and SS Officer, who carried out selections, medical experiments and sterilizations on Auschwitz prisoners. Includes archival photographs, interviews and photographs from Mengele's hiding places.

Director : Abraham Lewenstein

Production Year : 1979

Duration : 23

Language : English

The Liberation of Auschwitz, 1945

A doumentary series. The part is based on original fottages that were shot in Auschwitz by Soviet photographs between January 27th, 1945 and February 28th, 1945, the first month after the camp's liberation. Almost no editing was done, nor sound or music added. Alexander Vorontsov one of the Soviet photographs, participated in the shooting of the film.

Director : Irmgard Von Zur Muehlen

Production Year : 1986

Duration : 53

Language : English, German, Polish

כתבת הערוץ ה-1 של הטל' הגרמנית על שמעון ויזנטל במסגרת "רואים עולם"

כתבת הערוץ ה-1 של הטל' הגרמנית על שמעון ויזנטל במסגרת "רואים עולם", תוכנית ערוץ 1 של הטל' הישראלית, המציגה את ויזנטל כמי שניפח את חלקו בציד נאצים ולא דבר אמת במקרים רבים. כולל ראיון אולפן עם תום שגב. ויזנטל נולד ב- 1908 בבוצ'אץ' (Buczacz) שבגליציה ולמד אדריכלות בפראג. בפרוץ מלה"ע ה-2 התגורר בלבוב (Lwow), פולין. הוא נאסר בידי המשטרה האוקראינית ורוב שנות המלחמה היה כלוא במחנות ריכוז ועבודה. ב-5 מאי, 45, שוחרר בידי צבא ארה"ב במטהאוזן (Mauthausen). לאחר המלחמה התמסר לחקירת פושעי מלחמה נאצים. תחילה עבד באגף לפשעי מלחמה בצבא ארה"ב באוסטריה, וב-1947 הקים את המרכז היהודי לתיעוד היסטורי בלינץ (Linz), אוסטריה....

Duration : 14

Language : English, German, Hebrew

Max and Helen

Drama based on the fact-based novel by Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal, tells the story about his 1962 prosecution of the head of a Polish factory whom he learns was Werner Schultz, a sadistic Nazi labor camp commandant. To be able to take him to justice, he must find witnesses who can help him. This leads him to Max Rosenberg, a still tormented man who lost his wife, Helen, in the camps. Initially Max refuses to cooperate, but gradually his story unfolds beginning before the Holocaust.

Director : Philip Saville

Production Year : 1990

Duration : 96

Language : English

Die Rattenlinie - Fluchtwege Der Nazis Nach 1945

A variety of known Nazis could deal with international support in security. The film documented the collapse of the Third Reich and as a result, the escape attempts, the escape routes and escape the Nazi war criminals

Director : Rena Giefer, Thomas Giefer

Production Year : 1990

Duration : 45

Language : German

Survivors of the Janowska Camp Tell Their Stories

Documentary film that tells about the Janowska camp. Includes photographs, archival films and testimonies.

Director : Abraham Goldberg

Production Year : 1991

Duration : 49

Language : English, Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish

Memorandum

Documentary film that presents the visit of Holocaust survivors from Canada in memorial sites and former concentration camps in Germany. Includes archival films and testimonies.

Director : Donald Britain, John Spotton

Production Year : 1965

Duration : 54

Language : English

Simon Wiesenthal

A documentary about the life and work of Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor who became known for his work as Nazi Hunter, dedicated himself after the war to trace War Criminals and bringing them to justice. Wiesenthal is the founder of "Jewish Documentation Center", in 1947 in Linz, Austria. The Center was reopened in 1959 in Vienna. The "Jewish Documentation Center" was responsible for exposing more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals, including Adolf Eichmann. At 1977 Wiesenthal founded the "Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies" in Los Angeles and till today he plays an important role in commemorating...

Director : Bogdan Kowalik

Production Year : 1993

Duration : 40

Language : Polish

The Red Star

A documntary film. Laila Salama, aka Silvia Céspedes, is a mystery. Was she a daughter of an MI6 spy, a Miss Teen Beauty, Rommel's lover, Wiesenthal's informant? Did she take part in the operation to capture Adolf Eichmann in Argentina?. But above all... Did she really exist? This film tries to assemble the puzzle pieces, uncovering a secret which has remained hidden for years. The film was screened at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival 2021.

Director : Gabriel Lichtmann

Production Year : 2021

Duration : 72

Language : Spanish

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