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THE HOLOCAUST:
DRAMATIC
AND DOCUMENTARY REALITIES
PROTECTORS
OR BETRAYERS
For
many gentiles witnessing the arrest and deportation of their Jewish
neighbors, the question was: Will I collaborate, turn a blind eye,
or put myself and my family at risk? Nine features and documentaries
explore the tangled moral issues the Nazi war against the Jews presented
to individuals and communities.
The
Shop on Main Street (1965)
A feature film starring the great Yiddish actress Ida Kaminska about
the tangled personal and political motives that made ordinary people
in occupied Europe accomplices of the Nazi agenda.
The
Boat Is Full (1980)
A drama about five Jews who in 1942 escape Germany and attempt to
elude deportation by posing as a family qualified to stay in Switzerland,
after that country has shut its borders to most refugees.
Who
Shall Live and Who Shall Die? (1982)
A documentary that takes a hard look at the U.S. failure to open
its doors to Jewish refugees in the 1940s, and at the possible Jewish
role in that failure.
Schindler
(1983)
A documentary about Oskar Schindler featuring interviews with those
who knew him, including his wife and many of "Schindler's Jews"--the
people he saved.
Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987)
Louis Malle's film memoir of friendship, betrayal, and guilt in
Vichy France, where three Jewish boys are sheltered in a Catholic
boarding school.
So
Many Miracles (1987)
Forty years after the war, survivors Israel and Frania Rubinek return
to Poland to meet with Sofia, the gentile woman who hid them for
two years in her one-room farmhouse.
Weapons
of the Spirit (1989)
A documentary that examines the conscience and faith that encouraged
the French village of Le Chambon-Sur-Lignon to quietly shelter at
least 5,000 Jews during World War II, even as French collaborators
were delivering thousands more to the death camps.
Good
Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)
This feature chronicles the last days of the war in Budapest, as
the Soviets move into the city and the Swedish attache, Raoul Wallenberg
works to save thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation.
Schindler's
List (1993)
Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning film tells the story of Oskar Schindler,
the German playboy and profiteer who evolved into a rescuer of more
than a thousand Polish Jews.
Holocaust
Introduction
Terezin,
the Fortress Camp
Uprising
in Warsaw
Ultimate
Justice
Discussion
Questions
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