THE HOLOCAUST THROUGH FILM AND MEDIA The movies selected here offer a wide-range of options from which to further understand the atrocities of the Holocaust. From short films, to long documentaries or more accessible movies – there are ample options to suit the needs of your audience or group. Keep in mind the capacity, the knowledge basis and the openness of the group.
BRIEF MOVIES : - The Ones I Lost: Over 100 testimonies from people (based in Vienna, Austria) who lost a family member during the Holocaust. - What is the Holocaust? : A chronological overview built by Yad Vashem to help grasp the timeline of World War II and the Holocaust.
LONG MOVIES & DOCUMENTARIES : - Life is Beautiful: An Italian Jewish father uses imagination to shield his young son from the horrors the pair are experiencing in a Nazi concentration camp. This movie is ideal for a younger audience, or a group that might struggle with the atrocities of the period. - Son of Saul: A Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner attempts to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial. - Denial: The movie follows the true story of acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt, who must battle to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned Holocaust denier, sues her for libel. - Memory of the Camps: A Frontline special presents footage of an American and British film crew who were with Allied forces when death camps were liberated. - Shoah by Bullets: “Shoah par balles” takes us through the immense difficulty of the mass murder of Jews outside of the camps of exterminations, in small towns, forests and lands all across Eastern Europe.
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