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Chronicles the events of the Shoah (Holocaust) as witnessed by those who survived. This documentary combines archival footage with the survivor’s personal testamonies and photographs, describing life in pre-war Europe, the devastating impact of Nazism, the liberation of the concentration camps and life fifty years later. The impact of the survivor’s stories prompted Steven Spielberg to establish Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, a non-profit project to videotape tens of thousands of these personal accounts and make them available for education worldwide.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
306605
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Holocaust survivors - Biography
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Anti-semitism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Race discrimination - Germany
Feature films → Feature films - United States
History → Holocaust survivors - Biography
History → Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)