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Jewish heritage video collection volume HL 384
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Critically acclaimed, this is the award winning true tale of a Jewish family who flee the Nazi regime in 1938 and learns to cope with their new life, and each other, on a remote farm in Kenya.
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While Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels infamously declared Berlin 'free of Jews' in 1943, 1,700 Jewish Berliners managed to survive in the Nazi capital. Claus Rafle's gripping docudrama traces the stories of four real-life survivors who learned to hide in plain sight.
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Frankfurt, 1946. David Bermann and his Jewish friends have escaped the Nazi regime and are now dreaming of leaving for America. But how will they get the money in these tough post-war times? The smooth-talking businessman focuses on what the Germans now need most: fine bed linens nicely wrapped in amusing stories. The six talented entertainers go from home to home, praising housewives with ashy chutzpah until the flattered ladies have no choice but...
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Based on a true story, The Harmonists portrays the rise and fall of a successful vocal group in Germany that was disbanded in 1934 as part of the mounting persecution of Jews. The Comedian Harmonists did comic and romantic songs in intricate harmony, and were extremely popular, but as the Nazis became more powerful, the group were forbidden to sing songs by Jewish composers--and finally, because three of their members were Jewish, they were banned...
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On the day Adolf Hitler comes to power, the German-Jewish family Glickstein comes together for a family dinner. Most of them however don't take the Nazis seriously. When young Leah reveals her plans to emigrate from Berlin to Palestine, her family starts disputing. Her father Aaron can't see any reason to leave Germany. But when Michael, Leah's younger brother, indicates that he actually is an ardent admirer of the national socialist movement, the...
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"December 1944: Berlin lies in ruins and the war is as good as lost. Goebbels is convinced all the country needs is a re-energizing speech from the Führer. Adolf, however, is only a shadow of his former self; demoralized and depressed, he hides in his office. The only man who can help is Germany's finest acting teacher, Adolf Grünbaum -- a Jew"--Container.
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On the day Adolf Hitler comes to power, the German-Jewish family Glickstein comes together for a family dinner. Most of them however don't take the Nazis seriously. When young Leah reveals her plans to emigrate from Berlin to Palestine, her family starts disputing. Her father Aaron cant see any reason to leave Germany. But when Michael, Leahs younger brother, indicates that he actually is an ardent admirer of the national socialist movement, the family...
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Victor, the son of wealthy Jewish art dealers, and Rudi, the son of their servant, are best friends despite their class differences and the fact they love the same girl, Lena. But World War II upends everything, turning Rudi into a Nazi and Victor into a helpless pawn. Then a priceless drawing by Michelangelo becomes crucial to Nazi plans, and only Victor's family knows where it is. The game of cat and mouse results in plane crashes, stolen identities,...
17) The Golem
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Set in sixteenth century Prague, a Jewish rabbi creates a giant golem from clay to protect his people from persecution, using black magic. The creature turns on his master with disastrous results.
18) Jakob der Lügner
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Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at the local Gestapo headquarters. Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian victory. At first he is silent, but circumstances compel him to pass on the good news of hope. A simple, somewhat dour man, the stubble-bearded Jacob suddenly becomes a hero as old friends and neighbors flock to...
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Reinhard Kleist erzählt das unglaubliche, aber wahre Leben des jüdischen Boxers Hertzko Haft, der im Konzentrationslager von seinen Bewachern zum Faustkampf gezwungen wurde und daraus seine Überlebensstrategie machte. Nachdem Reinhard Kleist mit "Cash" und "Castro" bereits zwei sehr erfolgreiche grafische Biografien gezeichnet hat, geht er nun einen Schritt weiter. Mit "Der Boxer" hat er sich an sein bisher schwierigstes Thema gewagt und herausgekommen...