When two Orthodox Jews, at the end of WW 2, get off a train at a small Hungarian village & load 2 mysterious boxes in a wagon, the villagers are alarmed and filled with fear and guilt.
1945 (2017)
The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)
During the Nazi era the animal-loving wife of the Warsaw Zookeeper works with her husband & young son in hiding & helping 300 Jews escape from the city.
RAOUL WALLENBERG (1985)
I have neglected this blog for far too long due to an overcrowded schedule, but I promise to do better from now on. I am prompted to update the blog thanks to Suzy Farbman’s latest GodSigns posting on a new PBS documentary film on the Swedish diplomat who saved so many Jews from death during …
Son of Saul (2015)
This controversial Holocaust film is worth viewing, and it’s coming to DVD in April. Click the image to read my entire review. (4 out of 5 stars)
Le CHAMBON (1997)
Le Chambon is the true story of a courageous French pastor and his village who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Click the image to read my entire review.
WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT (1987)
During the Nazi area the villagers at LeChambon, led by Pastor Andre Trocme hid over 5000 Jews, without losing a single one, while they ere passing through.
Uprising (2001)
The heroic story of the Jews rising up against the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto is told in great detail, this being one of the few instances of fighting back.
The Last Butterfly (1991)
During the Nazi era a Parisian mime who includes a mockery of their salute is sent to a camp to direct a children’s play for the benefit of a Red Cross inspection team & turns it into an act of defiance & unmasking of evil.
ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED (1995)
The full story of Anne Frank is told through interviews, excerpts from her diary, photos, & old film, revealing a talented writer whose life ended too
The Music Box (1989)
A lawyer daughter defends her respected father of charges of being a war criminal, a killer of Jewish women & children back in Hungary during the Nazi era.