Anne Frank's Diary + The Holocaust and Yad Vashem
Kategorie
Two Films on One DVD
ISBN(s): 9657840712Katalognummer UK70539
Artikelnummer: 999800016722
Label: Doko Media
A Film About the Life of Anne Frank", this special film was created by
the Anne Frank Centre located in the house of Anne's hiding in
Amsterdam. It places Anne's diary in historical context, explaining the
rise of the Nazis in Germany, the begin of World War II, and the German
invasion of Holland, all while it follows Anne and her family on their
flight from their home in Frankfurt into the care of a group of Dutch
Christians. Anne's life before and during the years of hiding, as
described in her diary, is transformed from history to reality as the
camera travels to her old classroom, family home, to the hiding place,
and even to Auschwitz, tracing the footsteps of Anne and her loved ones
in space and time.
"Anne Frank's Diary" presents the
comprehensive picture of the world in which Anne lived, with commentary
"by Anne herself" on each place, person, and event, and the most
thorough, informative historical narration available, as only the
world-famous Anne Frank Huis Museum could provide. From her happy life
in Frankfurt to the history of the diary's publication, this film turns
what might otherwise seem "just a story" into the living memorial of a
most extraordinary little girl.
Originally entitled "Dear Kitty"
The Holocaust and Yad Vashem
While
many know the figures and the general history associated with the
Holocaust ("Shoah" in Hebrew, literally "catastrophe"), few understand
the political developments that led up to the rise of Hitler and the
drastic social changes that he managed to introduce practically
overnight. "The Holocaust and Yad Vashem" chronicles these developments
and the "Zeitgeist" ("spirit of the times") of the German people from
the end of World War I through the rise to power of the Nazis, their
polemical speeches, book-burnings, terrifying rallies, the "German war
machine's" weapons manufacture and European conquest. From the seemingly
innocent faces of the Nazi Youth Movement to the anything but innocent
Nurenberg race laws, "The Holocaust and Yad Vashem" makes clear once and
for all the social and political changes that turned this "most
enlightened nation" into an army of bloodthirsty monsters.
Behind
this "proud nationalist triumph" lurk the scenes from Jewish life under
their rule: in the ghettos, on transports, in the concentration, work,
and death camps. The true decimation of European Jewry becomes
strikingly clear when these scenes of misery and death are contrasted
with those of a flourishing, productive, and most happy European Jewish
community before the war. Many of these brave souls would not give up
their right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness without a
fight: the Jewish Underground, resistance and freedom fighters, and the
various ghetto uprisings are equally portrayed as crucial elements in
the Jewish struggle to maintain morale... and survival. Beginning and
ending at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, the
film is itself the best answer to the question of who really triumphed
in this most horrid catastrophe.
"Yad", the word for "memorial"
in the Holy Language, is also the word for "hand"... and truly our
remembrance, the cry of "Never Again!", depends not upon empty words,
but upon our actions.
DVD PAL
Language: English
Subtitles: Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish, German, English
