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   Educational Programs
      A videography of Holocaust related material


                             ANNOTATED VIDEOGRAPHY
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   This annotated videography has been designed to identify videotapes
   addressing Holocaust history that have been used effectively in
   classrooms. Today, many schools purchase or rent videotapes and
   videocassettes instead of films which are more expensive and
   cumbersome to use. An increasing number of educators rely on
   videotaped documentaries when teaching the Holocaust.
   
   The information here does not present the entire scope of videos
   available. The titles listed here have been chosen both because of
   their individual merit and because most of them are readily available.
   Many excellent videotapes are not on this list because they are too
   difficult to obtain. Most annotations suggest a distributor from whom
   educators can purchase their own tapes. Alternatively, educators can
   rent or borrow the videotapes from Holocaust resource centers,
   libraries, and schools.
   
   Overview of issues
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   Topics:
   
   Overviews of the Holocaust
   
   Life before the Holocaust
   
   Mosaic of Victims
   
   Ghettos
   
   Anne Frank
   
   Janusz Korczak
   
   Camps
   
   Rescue
   
   Resistance
   
   U.S. and Allied Responses
   
   Perpetrators
   
   Liberation
   
   Post-Holocaust
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   Acknowledgements:
   
   Primary author:
          Marcia Sabol, (U.S.H.M.M.).
          
          
          
   Editor:
          Susan D. Bachrach, Manager, Special Projects (U.S.H.M.M.).
          
   Project coordinator:
          William S. Parsons, Director of Education (U.S.H.M.M.).
          
   We would also like to acknowledge editorial suggestions made by:
          Sara Bloomfield, Director of Public Programs (U.S.H.M.M.); Raye
          Farr, Director of the Film and Video Archive (U.S.H.M.M.);
          Alice M. Greenwald, Consultant (U.S.H.M.M.); and Kristy L.
          Brosius, Resource Center Coordinator (U.S.H.M.M.).




                                VIDEO OVERVIEW
                                       
   
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   A main concern of educators using audio-visual materials on the
   Holocaust is that graphic footage depicting people who were starved,
   tortured, or killed can be upsetting to viewers of all ages.
   Videotaped eyewitness testimonies often contain vivid descriptions of
   the horrors encountered by victims. When the horror is presented, it
   should be done in a judicious manner, and only to the extent necessary
   to achieve the objective of the lesson. Teachers should remind
   themselves that each student and each class is different, and that
   what seems appropriate for one may not be for all.
   
   Students are a "captive audience." When educators assault them with
   images of horror for which they are unprepared, we violate a basic
   trust: the obligation of a teacher to provide a "safe" learning
   environment. The assumption that all students will seek to understand
   human behavior after being exposed to horrible images is fallacious.
   Some students may be so appalled by images of brutality and mass
   murder that they are discouraged from studying the subject further.
   Others may become fascinated in a more voyeuristic fashion, and
   subordinate further critical analysis of the history to the
   superficial titillation of looking at images of starvation,
   disfigurement, and death.
   
   In any study of the Holocaust, the sheer number of victims challenges
   easy comprehension. Video footage can remind students that individual
   people -- families of grandparents, parents, and children-are behind
   the statistics. The first-person accounts and stories contained in
   many of the videotapes provide students with a context for studying
   collective numbers. Although students should be careful about
   overgeneralizing from first-person accounts such as those from
   survivors, journalists, relief workers, bystanders, and liberators,
   personal accounts can supplement a study of genocide by moving it
   "from a welter of statistics, remote places and events, to one that is
   immersed in the `personal' and `particular'." [footnote]
   
   This videography includes recommendations for use at the middle school
   and high school levels. Many of the videos are appropriate for both
   levels, while others have been recommended for just high school
   students. Videos recommended for older students usually present
   concepts or topics too complex for younger students, who often lack
   awareness of the relevant history needed to understand the information
   presented.
   
   In choosing a videotape, teachers should consider the length of the
   videotape and the density of the information presented. Some
   videotapes on this list require a considerable commitment of time; the
   longest is the ten-hour documentary Shoah. Other videos such as Das
   Leben von Adolf Hitler (The Life of Adolf Hitler) or Auschwitz and
   the Allies contain a great deal of historical information and should
   be viewed in segments.
   
   Educators indicate that most students are engaged by the videotapes
   listed in this pamphlet and that they want to discuss what they have
   viewed. Most students demonstrate a high level of interest in studying
   the Holocaust precisely because the subject raises questions of
   fairness, justice, individual identity, peer pressure, conformity,
   indifference, and obedience -- issues which adolescents tend to
   confront in their daily lives. Students are also struck by the
   magnitude of the Holocaust, and the fact that so many people allowed
   this genocide to occur by acting as collaborators or perpetrators or
   by failing to protest or resist as bystanders.
   
   The videotapes on this list have been classified as documentaries,
   survivor testimonies, animation, docu-dramas, or dramas. In addition,
   three films not specifically about the Holocaust have been included:
   The Wave; The Hangman; and Obedience: The Milgram Experiment.
   Although some educators question the value of using these films within
   the context of a course on the Holocaust, many educators have found
   these films useful in providing students with a vocabulary for
   examining human behavior and in addressing social studies concepts
   such as obedience, victims, victimizers, bystanders, and peer
   pressure.
   
   As a general rule, this videography does not recommend the use of
   "docu-dramas," which use dramatic license to recreate historical
   events. Nevertheless, two docu-dramas, Korczak and The Wannsee
   Conference, have been selected on their merits. Two other
   docu-dramas have been suggested because they relate to books which are
   frequently read by middle and high school students. Classes reading
   The Diary of Anne Frank may benefit from viewing the docu-drama
   Dear Kitty which shows Anne's attic hiding place and the Frank home
   and includes interviews with Anne+s father and Miep Gies, a friend who
   helped hide the family. Another docu-drama, Murderers Among Us: The
   Simon Wiesenthal Story, can accompany the reading of the book The
   Sunflower. When showing such docu-dramas, educators should remind
   viewers that the films are fictional accounts of historic events.
   
   While videos may capture and isolate an event or a memory for the
   historical record, viewers should be reminded that not even
   documentary footage is neutral. The subjective process of selection
   and editing is basic to filmmaking; the decision to record something
   can and does alter what we see or do not see. If students are aware of
   this bias of selection, it can help them to analyze events from
   various vantage points.
   
   For example, a good deal of documentary footage was filmed by the
   Nazis, often for propaganda purposes. Students can gain more
   sophisticated insights into the history if they examine some of the
   motives behind recording and producing a particular film. They should
   be encouraged to ask why a particular scene was filmed, or how people
   in the film responded to having their pictures taken. Many people
   filmed by the Nazis were obviously under duress.
   
   Documentary footage was also taken by camp liberators at the end of
   World War II. Many of these soldiers had endured the hardships of war
   and had seen evidence of Nazi atrocities throughout Europe. Thus,
   these filmmakers brought their own perspectives to their work.
   
   Condensed accounts of the Holocaust which continually show people only
   as victims can in themselves be dehumanizing. Where time permits,
   showing a video that captures life before the Holocaust provides a
   useful balance. Students may better understand the dimensions of the
   tragedy when they see the richness and diversity of life in Europe
   before the Holocaust. By showing images of children and their families
   in the kinds of situations captured on home video today, such as
   vacations, holidays, weddings, and school graduations, these types of
   films help students identify and empathize with the victims.
   
   Where a teacher has been unable to arrange for a survivor to meet with
   students in person, an alternative is the use of videos which feature
   survivor testimony. Hearing someone speak about his or her own
   experiences during the Holocaust helps to personalize an event beyond
   the often numbing statistics, and is another way to promote students'
   identification with and empathy for the victims.
   
   The videography that follows lists videotapes by topics, beginning
   with videos that provide a general overview of the Holocaust. The
   topics are generally arranged in chronological order, beginning with
   videos on life before the Holocaust and continuing through ghettos and
   camps, to rescue, resistance, and liberation to post-Holocaust
   subjects, including the war crimes trials. The videography concludes
   with videos on subjects related to but not directly addressing the
   Holocaust. An index to all annotated videos by title and subject may
   be found at the end of this pamphlet.
   
   The reader should be aware that while the sources for videos listed
   here were verified before this document was prepared, the availability
   and distribution may change. Many of the videos may be purchased by
   phone and mail order from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Shop, 100
   Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2150; tel.
   202-488-6144. Schools receive a 10% discount.
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   footnote: Samuel Totten, "The Personal Face of Genocide: Words of
   Witnesses in the Classroom." Special issue of the Social Science
   Record ("Genocide: Issues, Approaches, Resources") 24,2
   (1987):63.[return]

   
   
   videography:
   
                          OVERVIEWS OF THE HOLOCAUST
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   Genocide, 1941-1945 (World At War Series); D b/w; 0:50:00
          Source: Arts and Entertainment, 800-423-1212, or write A&E;
          Home Video, P.O. Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407. Credits:
          Produced and directed by Michael Darlow. 1982. Recommended for
          Middle School and High School. The story of the destruction of
          European Jewry is told using archival footage and testimonies
          of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders. This excellent
          overview has been used effectively by many teachers.
          
   Witness to the Holocaust; D b/w; 2:10:00 (Two video set)
          Source: ADL, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
          Credits: Produced by the Holocaust Education Project for
          Zachor: National Jewish Resource Center. Produced and directed
          by C.J. Pressma. 1984. Recommended for Middle School and High
          School.
          
          This video presents a series of seven documentaries which can
          easily be segmented for specific topical use in the classroom.
          Each segment is approximately 20 minutes in length. Survivor
          narration is combined with photos and historic film footage.
          The topics include: Rise of the Nazis, Ghetto Life,
          Deportations, Resistance, The Final Solution, Liberation,
          Reflections.

   
   
   videography:
   
                           LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   Image Before My Eyes; D c b/w; 1:30:00
          Source: Simon Wiesenthal Center, 9760 West Pico Blvd., Yeshiva
          University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90035; 310-553-9036.
          Credits: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Produced by Josh
          Waletzky, Susan Lazarus. 1980. Recommended for Middle School
          and High School.
          
          Source: Simon Wiesenthal Center, 9760 West Pico Blvd., Yeshiva
          University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90035; 310-553-9036.
          Credits: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Produced by Josh
          Waletzky, Susan Lazarus. 1980. Recommended for Middle School
          and High School.
          
   The Camera of My Family: Four Generations in Germany 1845-1945; D c
          b/w; 00:20:00
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Boulevard, PO Box 802,
          Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #ADL45V-J4 Credits:
          Anti-Defamation League
          
          Catherine Hanf Noren left Nazi Germany with her Jewish parents
          shortly after her birth in 1938. This effective film describes
          her perseverance as an adult to use old family photographs to
          trace her family roots through several generations. Includes
          guide.
          
   The Last Chapter; D b/w; 1:25:00
          Source: J.C. Entertainment, 450 7th Ave., Suite 2702, New York,
          NY 10123; 212-967-3904. Credits: Produced and directed by
          Benjamin and Lawrence Rothman. Recommended for Middle School
          and High School.
          
          This video traces the history of the earliest Jewish
          communities in Poland through their destruction during World
          War II. It also examines the pogroms in the post-war period
          which occurred as survivors tried to return to Poland and
          rebuild their lives.
          
   Man Alive: Journey to Prague: A Remembrance; ST c; 0:28:00
          Source: Films Incorporated, 5547 N. Ravenswood, Chicago, IL
          60640-1199; 312-878-2600, ext. 43. Credits: Produced and
          directed by David Cherniak. 1987. Recommended for Middle School
          and High School.
          
          This video provides a moving narrative of a survivor who
          returns to Prague and recounts his life growing up in the
          Jewish community. The video is interspersed with the exhibition
          -Precious Legacy+ which shows the beautiful and sacred articles
          confiscated from Czechoslovakian Jewish communities by the
          Nazis.
          
   Das Leben von Adolf Hitler (The Life of Adolf Hitler); D b/w;
          1:51:00
          Source: Video Yesteryear, Box C, Sandy Hook CT 06482;
          800-243-0987. #852. Credits: Directed by Paul Rotha. 1961.
          Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          Using archival footage, this film moves chronologically through
          the major events from the rise of the Nazis to their defeat by
          the Allies. It could be segmented for classroom use into three
          periods: 1933-1936, 1936-1939, and 1939-1945.
          
   Triumph of the Will; D b/w ; 1:10:00
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O.Box
          802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #SV678V.
          Credits: Leni Riefenstahl for the Third Reich. 1934.
          Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          This is the famous propaganda film made for the Nazis by Leni
          Riefenstahl which documents the Nazi Party rally held in 1934
          in Nuremberg, Germany. This is an effective tool for learning
          about Hitler's image of himself, his manipulation of the
          crowds, and his use of film as a propaganda tool.
          
   World War II: The Propaganda Battle (A Walk through the 20th
          Century) ; D c; 0:58:00
          Source: PBS Videos, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314;
          800-344-3337. Credits: CEL Production Co. 1984. Recommended for
          Middle School and High School.
          
          Bill Moyers examines how propaganda and mass media were used
          during World War II to manipulate public opinion. This video
          could be used with Triumph of the Will as well as any of the
          Frank Capra Why We Fight series.
          
   Shadow on the Cross; D c; 0:52:00
          Source: Landmark Films Inc., 3450 Slade Run Drive, Falls
          Church, VA 22042; 800-342-4336. Credits: CTVC Production for
          Channel 4, England. Produced by Ray Bruce. 1990. Recommended
          for High School.
          
          This documentary film looks at the tragic story of
          Jewish-Christian relations over the past 2000 years and
          explores the influences of historic Christian antisemitism on
          the Third Reich. The film is divided into two parts. Part 1
          summarizes the history of religious antisemitism over the two
          thousand years Jews lived in Europe as a religious minority. In
          Part 2 theologians discuss the implications of the Holocaust
          for Jewish-Christian relations today. This is useful for
          college or high school history, political science, religion, or
          philosophy classes.

   
   
   videography:
   
                               MOSAIC OF VICTIMS
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   More Than Broken Glass: Memories of Kristallnacht; D ST c b/w ;
          0:57:00
          Source: Ergo Media Inc., P.O. Box 2037, Teaneck, NJ 07666.
          800-695-3746. #616. Credits: Written, produced, and directed by
          Chris Pelzer, 1988. Recommended for High School.
          
          Using archival footage, photographs, and interviews with
          survivors, Jewish life in Germany prior to and during the
          Holocaust is described. This is excellent for examining the
          persecution of German Jews.
          
   Persecuted and Forgotten; D ST c ; 0:54:00
          Source: EBS Productions, 330 Ritch Street, San Francisco, CA
          94107; 415-495-2327. Recommended for High School.
          
          This video follows a group of German Gypsies as they return to
          Auschwitz after World War II. In personal accounts, Gypsies
          recall the -Gypsy Police+, the Institute for Racial Hygiene,
          and the genealogical research that led to the imprisonment and
          murder of Gypsies during the Holocaust. The Gypsies who are
          interviewed also reveal the discrimination they continue to
          suffer.
          
   Purple Triangles ; D ST c ; 0:25:00
          Source: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.,
          25 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Credits: Produced and
          directed by Martin Smith. 1991. Recommended for Middle School
          and High School.
          
          During the Holocaust, Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted as a
          religious group. Their story is told by surviving members of
          the Kusserow family who describe their arrest and incarceration
          in concentration camps where they were identified by their
          purple triangle.
          
   Susan ; ST c ; 0:58:00
          Source: KSU Teleproductions, Kent State University, C-105,
          Music and Speech Bldg., Kent, OH 44242; 216-672-2810. Credits:
          Produced by Dr. Herbert Hochhauser and Dr. Saul Friedman. 1987.
          Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          This video presents a deeply moving personal story of the
          experiences of the youngest survivor of the medical experiments
          done by Dr. Mengele at Auschwitz.
          
   We Were Marked with a Big 'A' ; D c b/w; 00:44:00
          Credits: Directed by Elke Jeanrond and Joseph Weishaupt, 1991.
          Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Shop, 100 Raoul
          Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2150; tel.
          202-488-6144. Recommended for High School and Adult.
          
          Little is known about the persecution of homosexuals by the
          Nazis. For the first time, in this effective documentary, three
          gay survivors tell the story of their arrests and incarceration
          in concentration camps. In German with subtitles.

   
   
   videography:
   
                                    GHETTOS
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   Lodz Ghetto; D b/w c ; 1:43:00
          Source: Alan Adelson, Exec. Dir., Jewish Heritage Project,
          Inc., 150 Franklin St., #1W, New York, NY 10003; 212-925-9067.
          Credits: Produced by Alan Adelson. Directed by Alan Adelson and
          Kathryn Taverna. 1989. Recommended for Middle School and High
          School.
          
          This documentary recounts the history of one of the last
          ghettos to be liquidated. The film draws on written accounts by
          Jews in the Lodz Ghetto, and on photographs, slides, and rare
          film footage. A teacher's guide is available through the ADL,
          823 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017. The book Lodz Ghetto: Inside
          a Community Under Seige may be effectively paired with the
          video.

   
   
   videography:
   
                                  ANNE FRANK
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   Dear Kitty; D c b/w ; 0:25:00
          Source: Anne Frank Center, 106 East 19th Street., New York, NY
          10003; 212-529-9532. Credits: Produced by Wouter van der Sluis.
          Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          The life of Anne Frank is told with quotations from her diary,
          photos from the family album, and historic film footage.
          Historical background is given on the Holocaust, antisemitism,
          racism, and fascism. This can be used as an introduction to the
          Holocaust when used with readings from The Diary of Anne Frank.

   
   
   videography:
   
                                JANUSZ KORCZAK
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   Korczak ; DD b/w; 2:00:00
          Source: New York Films Video, 16 W. 61st St., New York, NY
          10023; 212-247-6110. Attn.: John Montague. Rental-16 and 35mm.
          Credits: Directed by Andrzej Wajda. Recommended for Middle
          School and High School.
          
          Nominated for Best Foreign Film, this movie is based on the
          true story of a doctor who cared for 200 orphans in the Warsaw
          Ghetto. Korczak refused offers of rescue for himself and
          insisted on remaining with the children as they were deported
          and then gassed.
          
   The Warsaw Ghetto; D b/w ; 0:51:00
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O.Box
          802, Culver, City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #BV103V.
          Credits: B.B.C. Production. 1969. Recommended for Middle School
          and High School.
          
          Narrated by a ghetto survivor, this documentary uses historic
          film footage made by the Nazis and shows the creation of the
          ghetto, early Nazi propaganda, scenes from everyday life, and
          the final weeks of resistance before the ghetto was liquidated.

   
   
   videography:
   
                                     CAMPS
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   Auschwitz: If You Cried, You Died; D c b/w ; 00:28:00
          Source: Impact America Foundation, Inc., c/o Martin J. Moore,
          9100 Keystone at the Crossing, Suite 390, Indianapolis, IN
          46240-2158; tel. 317-848-5134. Credits: Impact America
          Foundation, 1991, 1993. Recommended for Middle School, High
          School, Adult.
          
          Two survivors recount their experiences in Auschwitz after
          returning there with family members. Combined with historic
          footage, this is a moving commentary on prejudice. It also
          discusses Holocaust deniers. Teacher's guide available.
          
   Night and Fog ; D b/w ; 0:32:00
          Source: Video Yesteryear, Box C-137, Sandy Hook, CT 06482;
          800-243-0987. Credits: Directed by Alain Resnais. 1955.
          Recommended for High School.
          
          This award-winning, highly artistic documentary uses historic
          footage shot inside Nazi concentration camps and contrasts them
          with contemporary color scenes. The film includes very graphic
          footage. Attempting to universalize the Holocaust, the film
          never identifies the victims as Jews. In French with English
          subtitles.
          
   Shoah ; ST c ; (Day 1) 02:00:00; (Day 2) 02:00:00; (Day 3)
          01:50:00; (Day 4) 02:00:00; (Day 5) 01:56:00
          Source: Available in most video stores and many libraries. Also
          may be purchased from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, 9760 West
          Pico Blvd., Yeshiva University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
          90035; 310-553-9036. Credits: Directed by Claude Lanzmann.
          1985. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          This powerful film includes interviews with victims,
          perpetrators, and bystanders, and takes us to the locations of
          the Holocaust in camps, towns, and railways. The video may be
          segmented for classroom use.
          
   Triumph of Memory ; D ST c ; 0:30:00
          Source: PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA
          22314-1698; 800-344-3337. Credits: Produced and directed by
          Robert Gardner. Producers, Sister Carol Rittner, R.S.M.; Sondra
          Myers. 1972. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          Non-Jewish resistance fighters sent to Nazi concentration camps
          bear witness to the atrocities which took place in Mauthausen,
          Buchenwald, and Auschwitz-Birkenau. This film is divided into
          three parts which can be segmented for classroom use:
          initiation to the camps, daily life in the camps, and genocide.
          This is an excellent film for increased understanding of the
          Holocaust and life in the camps. It also includes a discussion
          of the victimization of Gypsies in the camp.
          
   The Wannsee Conference; DD c; 1:26:49
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O.Box
          802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #SV443V.
          Credits: Directed by Heinz Schirk. Co-production of Infafilm
          Gmbh Munich, Manfred Korytowski, Austrian Television O.R.F.,
          and Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation. 1984. Recommended for
          High School.
          
          The video dramatizes the famous conference where the leading
          Nazis discussed the implementation of the "Final Solution" by
          the German bureaucracy. An excellent film, it is in German with
          English subtitles.

   
   
   videography:
   
                                    RESCUE
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   The Courage to Care; D c b/w; 0:28:00
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O.Box
          802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #ADL150V.
          Credits: Produced and directed by Robert Gardner; Executive
          Producers, Sister Carol Rittner, R.S.M.; Sondra Meyers. 1986.
          Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          Nominated in l986 for an Academy Award for best short
          documentary film, the film encounters ordinary people who
          refused to succumb to Nazi tyranny and reached out to help
          victims of the Holocaust.
          
   Other Side of Faith ; D ST c; 0:27:00
          Source: Film and Video Foundation, 1800 K St., N.W., Suite
          1120, Washington, DC 20006; 202-429-9320. Credits: Produced by
          Sy Rotter. 1990. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          
          Filmed on location in Przemsyl, Poland, this first-person
          narrative tells of a courageous sixteen-year old Catholic girl
          who, for two and a half years, hid thirteen Jewish men, women,
          and children in the attic of her home.
          
   Raoul Wallenberg: Between the Lines; D ST c b/w ; 01:25:00
          Source: Social Studies School Services, 10200 Jefferson Blvd.,
          Room J, P.O. Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246.
          Credits: Written and directed by Karin Altmann. 1985.
          Recommended for High School.
          
          Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, was responsible for
          saving thousands of lives. Friends, family, and former members
          of his staff describe Wallenberg's efforts to confront the Nazi
          destruction of Hungarian Jewry. The video also examines the
          controversy surrounding his arrest and imprisonment in 1945 by
          the Soviets. Historic film footage is used.
          
   Weapons of the Spirit; D c; 0:38:00
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O.Box
          802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802. #ADL156V. Credits: Written,
          produced and directed by Pierre Sauvage. 1988. Recommended for
          Middle School and High School.
          
          This is the story of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small Protestant
          village in south-central France, and how its predominantly
          Protestant citizens responded to the Nazi threat against the
          Jews. Residents of the area hid and cared for 5000 Jews, many
          of them children.

   
   
   videography:
   
                                  RESISTANCE
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   Flames in the Ashes; D ST b/w ; 1:30:00
          Source: Ergo Media, Inc., P.O.Box 2037, Teaneck, NJ 07666;
          800-695-3746. Credits: A Ghetto Fighters' House Release.
          Produced by Monia Avrahami. 1986. Recommended for High School.
          
          Historic, seldom seen footage tells the story of the variety of
          ways that Jews resisted the Nazis. Both murderers and
          resistance fighters tell the story. In Hebrew, Yiddish, French,
          Italian, and Polish with English subtitles.
          
   Partisans of Vilna ; D c b/w; 02:10:00
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Boulevard, P.O. Box 802,
          Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. Credits: Produced by
          Aviva Kempner. Directed by Josh Waletzky, 1987. Recommended for
          High School and Adult.
          
          Featuring 40 interviews with survivors, this moving,
          informative film tells the story of Jewish resistance in the
          Vilna ghetto. Music sung in the ghetto and resistance as well
          as interesting archival film footage add greatly to the
          production. The film documents well the moral dilemmas and
          difficulties the resisters faced both inside the ghetto and
          later, in relations with non-Jews in partisan camps in the
          forests. Shows the prominent role women played in the Vilna
          resistance. An important film best suited for more advanced
          students of the Holocaust. In Hebrew, Yiddish, and English,
          with subtitles.

   
   
   videography:
   
                           U.S. AND ALLIED RESPONSES
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference ; D c b/w ;
          0:60:00
          Credits: Produced by Marty Ostrow, 1994. Source: PBS Video,
          1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698; 800-344-3337.
          Recommended for High School and Adult.
          
          This film focuses mostly on the responses of Roosevelt, the
          State Department, and other U.S. government leaders to the
          Nazis' persecution and mass murder of European Jews. Weaving
          together interviews, official photos and documents, home movies
          and archival footage, the production is especially good at
          tracing the complex social and political factors that shaped
          American responses to the Holocaust. The history is interwoven
          with the moving personal story of Jewish refugee Kurt Klein,
          who failed in his efforts to obtain visas for his parents to
          follow him to the United States.
          
   Auschwitz and the Allies ; D ST c b/w ; 1:53:00
          Source: No distributor currently available. Credits: B.B.C.
          Production. Martin Gilbert, Consultant. 1980. Recommended for
          High School. Could be segmented for use in Middle School.
          
          This film examines the responses of Allied governments as well
          as those of the International Red Cross, the Jewish community
          and the victims. There are also many interviews with historic
          figures. This excellent film can be segmented for classroom
          use.
          
   Safe Haven ; D ST c ; 0:57:40
          Source: ADL, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
          Credits: WXXI T.V., Rochester, NY. Produced and directed by
          Paul Lewis. 1987. Recommended for Middle School and High
          School.
          
          Safe Haven tells the story of America's only refugee camp for
          victims of Nazi terror. Nearly 1,000 refugees were brought to
          Oswego, N.Y. and incarcerated in a camp known as Fort Ontario
          for eighteen months.
          
   The Double Crossing: The Voyage of the St. Louis ; D c b/w ;
          00:29:00
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Boulevard, P.O. Box 802,
          Culver City, Ca 90232-0802. #ER110V-J4. Credits: A production
          of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois and Loyala
          University of Chicago. Produced by Elliot Lefkovitz and Nancy
          Partos, 1992. Recommended for High School and Adult
          
          More than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi German in 1939 on
          the luxury cruise ship the SS St. Louis were denied entry to
          Cuba and the United states and forced to return to Europe. In
          interviews interwoven with archival footage and photos,
          surviving passengers relive their voyage. The general issues
          this highly recommended film addresses-- racism, quota systems
          for refugees, and immigration policies-- remain urgent ones
          today.
          
   Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die? ; D b/w ; 01:30:00
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Boulevard, Room 902, PO
          Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #KN103V-J4
          Credits: Produced by James R. Kurth and Laurence Jarvik, 1982.
          Directed by Laurence Jarvik. Recommended for High School and
          Adult.
          
          This film examines American responses to the Holocaust with
          particular attention to the actions (and failures to act) of
          American Jewish leaders. It is a detailed, informative
          presentation of a complex topic, with oral testimony from a
          wide range of Jews and non-Jews involved with the issue of
          Jewish rescue. Indispensable for more advanced students of the
          Holocaust. Graphic images.

   
   
   videography:
   
                                 PERPETRATORS
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   Hitler: The Whole Story; D b/w; 0:50:00 / 2:30:00
          Source: NDR International. Hitler Offer: call 800-423-8800, or
          write Hitler Offer, P.O. Box 68618, Indianapolis, IN 46268.
          Credits: Produced by Weiner Rieb and directed by Joachim C.
          Fest and Christian Herrendoerfer. Recommended for Middle School
          and High School.
          
          Based on Joachim C. Fest's book Hitler, the film combines rare
          footage, photographs, and interviews. This film can be
          segmented into three parts for classroom use: Germany's quest
          for land, the "New Man" and Germania-a vision of the future,
          and deportations and mass killings.
          
   Heil Hitler! Confessions of a Hitler Youth ; D c b/w ; 00:30:00
          Credits: HBO, 1991. Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson
          Boulevard, PO Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802;
          800-421-4246. #TL338V-J4. Recommended for Middle School, High
          School, Adult.
          
          Eloquent Alfons Heck, a former member of Hitler youth and now a
          U.S. citizen dedicated to Holocaust education, recounts the
          compelling story of how he became a fanatic supporter of
          Nazism. Documentary footage vividly demonstrates how songs,
          youth camps, speeches, and education turned millions of young
          Germans like Heck into the most fervent and loyal proponents of
          Nazi racism and militarism. The short length of this highly
          recommended film makes it especially suitable for classroom
          use.
          
   The Democrat and the Dictator; D c b/w; 0:55:00
          Source: PBS Videos, 1320 Braddock Pl., Alexandria, VA 22314;
          800-344-3337. Credits: Produced by Betsy McCarthy. 1984.
          Recommended for High School.
          
          This film is a part of A Second Look with Bill Moyers and
          compares the personal history and style of the two major
          political leaders of the twentieth century, Adolf Hitler and
          Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
          
   Birthplace; D c ;00:47:00
          Source: New Yorker Films, 16 West 61st Street, New York NY.
          Attn: Daniel Talbot Credits: Produced by Kronika Film and
          Television Productions. Directed by Pawel Kokzinski. 1992.
          Recommended for Middle School, High School, Adult.
          
          A powerful documentary of a Jewish survivor who revisits the
          village in Poland where he was born and hid during World War
          II. The subject is filmed as he meets with elderly people in
          the town who divulge information about the murder of his father
          and baby brother by townspeople during the war. Excellent film
          on the part played by some Poles in the Holocaust. In Polish
          with English subtitles.

   
   
   videography:
   
                                  LIBERATION
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   Holocaust: Liberation of Auschwitz; D c b/w ; 0:18:00
          Source: Zenger Videos, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Rm. 902, P.O. Box
          802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #EBE 296 V.
          Recommended for High School.
          
          The liberation of Auschwitz is filmed by Soviets, who linger on
          the faces of the inmates. Commentary describes the selection
          process, medical experiments, and daily life at Auschwitz.
          Soviet cameraman, Alexander Vorontsov, shares his impressions
          of the liberation. Highly graphic footage is included.
          
   Opening the Gates of Hell; D c b/w; 0:45:00
          Source: Ergo Media Inc., P.O.Box 2037, Teaneck, NJ 07666;
          800-695-3746. Credits: Production of the Holocaust Memorial
          Foundation of Illinois and Loyola University of Chicago.
          Directed by Timothy Roberts. 1992. Recommended for High School.
          
          
          American liberators of the Nazi Concentration Camps share their
          memories of what they saw. Interviews are effectively combined
          with historic photos and footage showing the camps that were
          liberated by Americans: Buchenwald, Nordhausen, Dachau,
          Landsberg, and Mauthausen. The video includes graphic footage.

   
   
   videography:
   
                                POST-HOLOCAUST
                                       
   
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   Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony;
   b/w-Black and White; c- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
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   The Last Sea ; D b/w; 1:30:00
          Source: Ergo Media Inc., P.O. Box 2037, Teaneck, NJ 07666;
          800-695-3746. Credits: A Ghetto Fighters' House Release. Film
          by Haim Gouri, Jacquot Ehrlich, and David Bergman. 1987.
          Recommended for High School.
          
          The dramatic story of the post-war Jewish exodus from Europe to
          Israel is told using historic film footage. Finding themselves
          without family or homes to return to, many chose to make the
          hazardous journey by truck, by train, on foot, and finally, on
          overcrowded boats.
          
   Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story; DR c; 2:57:55
          Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O. Box
          802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #WV117V.
          Credits: HBO Pictures, Robert Cooper Production; produced by
          John Kemeny and Robert Cooper. Recommended for High School.
          
          This is the true story of a survivor of the Holocaust who in
          the years after liberation committed himself to the task of
          hunting Nazis and bringing them to justice. This video can be
          effectively paired with the book The Sunflower. It is also
          useful for examining the response to the Holocaust in the
          postwar period.
          
   The Nazi Connection; D c b/w ; 0:57:00
          Source: Public Media; 800-343-4312. Credits: Produced by Tom
          Bower and B.B.C. for Frontline. 1986. Recommended for Middle
          School and High School.
          
          This film focuses on the U.S. government's illegal activities
          in bringing Nazi scientists to the United States in the
          post-war period for the purpose of developing the space
          program. Interviews are conducted with U.S. officials as well
          as the German scientists who were part of Project Paperclip.
          
   Nazi War Crime Trials; D b/w; 1:07:00
          Source: Video Images, Box C, Sandy Hook, CT 06482;
          800-243-0987. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          This vintage film made in 1945 uses newsreels and documentary
          footage to show the fate of Goering, Hess, Schacht, Streicher,
          Keitel, and other Nazis who were brought to trial after the
          war.
          
   Daniel's Story ; DD b/w; 12:00:00
          Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul
          Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2150; 202-488-0400.
          Currently out of production. Credits: Produced by WMC
          International. Directed by Gail J. Sutton. Recommended for
          Elementary School and Middle School.
          
          This videotape documents the events of the Holocaust from the
          perspective of a Jewish child growing up in Nazi Germany.
          Daniel and his family represent a composite of the experiences
          of German Jewish families, and the story is told with authentic
          archival photographs and film footage. Since the videotape has
          been designed for children ages 8-13, it describes the plight
          of a family victimized by the Nazis without using images of
          graphic horror. An accompanying Resource Packet is available.
          
   The Hangman; A c; 0:12:00
          Source: CRM, 2215 Faraday, Suite F, Carlsbad, CA 92008;
          800-421-0833. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
          
          Animation is used to illustrate the poem by Maurice Ogden about
          a town in which the people are hanged one by one by a
          mysterious hangman while the town stands by rationalizing each
          victimization. This is especially useful in introducing the
          subject of individual responsibility and the role of the
          bystander in the Holocaust.
          
   Obedience; D b/w; 0:45:00
          Source: Penn State Audio-Visuals Service; 800-826-0132. Rent or
          purchase. Credits: Produced by Stanley Milgram. Recommended for
          Middle School and High School.
          
          This documentary shows the experiment conducted at Yale
          University testing the willingness of people to follow orders
          which required inflicting pain on another. This is a good film
          to use to provoke discussions on morality and responsibility,
          and can be used effectively with films on the Nuremberg Trials
          or the trial of Adolf Eichman where the standard defense was
          that the criminals had only been following orders.
          
   The Wave; DR c; 0:46:00
          Source: Films Incorporated, 55476 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago,
          IL 60640; 312-878-2600, ext. 43. Recommended for Middle School
          and High School.
          
          This film recreates a classroom experiment done by a high
          school teacher who set up strict rules and behavior codes in an
          effort to show how peer pressure, conformity, and loyalty could
          work in a classroom the same way they had in Nazi Germany. This
          is an excellent film to use in conjunction with lessons on the
          rise of Nazism.
          
   The Forgotten Genocide ; D ST c b/w; 0:28:00
          Source: Atlantis Productions, 1252 La Granada Dr., Thousand
          Oaks, CA 91362; 805-495-2790. Credits: Written, produced, and
          directed by J. Michael Hagopian, Ph.D. 1975. Recommended for
          Middle School and High School.
          
          Nominated for an Emmy, this is a shortened version of The
          Armenian Case which documents the Armenian genocide that took
          place during and after World War I. Personal narrative is
          included with historic photos and film footage.

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