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"One of the most important untold stories of World War II. The light of days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who helped weaponize Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland--some still in their teens--became the nerves of a wide-ranging...
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Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose...
3) Night
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"Night--A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family ... the death of his innocence ... and the death of his God. Penetrating and powerful, as personal as The diary of Anne Frank, Night awakens the shocking memory of evil at its absolute and carries with it the unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again"--Provided by publisher....
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"In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz--one of only four who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world--and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line. Against all odds, he and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled out the...
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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After dancing for her life in front of Dr. Joseph Mengele, bestselling author Dr. Edith Eva Eger relays the events of her life in this striking, one-of-a-kind documentary.
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Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (74 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Aron is 88 years old, Eazek is 94 and Claudine is 89. Over seventy years ago, although they lost their entire families, they survived the holocaust and resettled in New York City. Now they are sharing their stories in a unique program led by a drama therapist with high-school students in Brooklyn. The hope is that this sharing will sensitize the students and give some closure to the adult survivors after all these years. The Witness Theater workshop...
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Ordered in April 1945 by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS FACTUAL SURVEY is an official documentary about the atrocities committed at concentration camps under Nazi leadership. Producer Sidney Bernstein assembled a team at the Ministry of Information that included editors Stewart McAllister and Peter Tanner, writers Colin Wills and Richard Crossman; and Alfred Hitchcock who gave directorial advice. A...
8) Genocide
Publisher
MulticomTV
Pub. Date
1982.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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GENOCIDE, an Academy Award winning documentary, takes a harrowing look at life during the Holocaust. Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor lend their voices to this heartbreaking historical account. **Academy Awards** Winner for Best Documentary, Features.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Like many survivors of the Holocaust, after World War II, Saul and Ruby moved to America, started families and careers, grew old, and retired to South Florida. For them, retirement could have been the last chapter in their story. But then they decided to start a klezmer band, named the Holocaust Survivor Band in order to celebrate life!
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Holocaust survivor and New York City resident Henri Dauman has been called one of the greatest photojournalists of the 20th century. Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Miles Davis, Yves Saint Laurent, Andy Warhol, Elvis Presley, JFK & Jean-Luc Godard have all found a home inside his archive of one million negatives. But for all his achievements, few know the details of Henri's remarkable origin story. Orphaned at thirteen, he set out to rebuild his...
11) Charlotte
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish artist who comes of age on the eve of the Second World War and defies incredible odds to create a timeless masterpiece.
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (21 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Over the last three decades, the beloved children’s book by Marvell Ginsburg, THE TATTOOED TORAH, has been a powerful resource for Holocaust education. The book recounts the true story of the rescue and restoration of a small Torah from Brno, Czechoslovakia, and teaches the Holocaust not only as a period of destruction but also as an opportunity for redemption. Narrated by Ed Asner, the film brings illustrator Martin Lemelman’s rich artwork to...
13) Sophie's Choice
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1982.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (151 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions. **Academy Award** winner. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**.
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (70 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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As Maya Angelou narrates this powerful documentary, she reveals the story of a brave group of people who fought Hitler with the only weapons they had: charcoal, pencil stubs, shreds of paper and memories etched in their minds.
15) Holy Silence
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (72 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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HOLY SILENCE tells the story of the actions – and inactions – of the Vatican in response to the rise of Nazi Germany and the horrors of the Holocaust. The film focuses on officials who attempted to influence the pope throughout this period.
Publisher
Teletime Video
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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An emotional and enlightening expose of 2 heroic individuals that experienced the horrors of war, carried the mental and physical scars, faced bitter challenges following battle yet rose to well being through the power of entrepreneurship. A Holocaust Survivor who lost his entire family when he was a child and came up with innvovative and physically challenging methods to survive builds a large business in America. Not even the mob could stop him....
17) A Bag of Marbles
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Yiddish
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This is the true story of two young Jewish brothers in German occupied France who, with a mind-boggling mix of mischievousness, courage and ingenuity, will be forced to fend for themselves in order to survive the enemy invasion and try bring their family back together. The heartwarming adaptation of Joseph Joffo’s enduring memoir tells the story of the Nazi occupation through the eyes of the two young Jewish boys.
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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Six remarkable stories of survival from eyewitnesses of Nazi atrocities during World War II, brought to life for through animation. Official Selection at the **Sheffield Documentary Festival.** Official Selection at the **Annecy Animation Festival.**
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A landmark documentary about some of the last survivors of the Holocaust. Only children at the time, these now elderly survivors reflect on how the trauma of the Holocaust has affected the rest of their lives.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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The untold story of Marthe Cohn, a feisty young woman who joined the French resistance during WWII. After keeping silent for almost 60 years, Marthe now shares the extraordinary story of how she managed to beat the odds and fight the Nazis as a spy. At the age of 98, she still tours the world, showing off her medals and promoting her message to people of all generations. Her harrowing journey is told with reverence, while her joie de vivre shines...
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