Popular Feature Films
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. Director: Mark Herman Writers: Novel - John Boyne; screen play - Mark Herman Stars: Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend
- Lore (2012) Left to fend for themselves after their SS officer father and mother, staunch Nazi believers, are interred by the victorious Allies at the end of World War II, five German children undertake a harrowing journey that exposes them to the reality and consequences of their parents' actions. Led by the eldest sibling, 14-year old Lore (striking newcomer Saskia Rosendahl), they set out on a journey across a devastated country to reach their grandmother in the north. After meeting the charismatic Thomas, a mysterious young refugee, Lore soon finds her world shattered by feelings of both hatred and desire as she must learn to trust the one person she has always been taught to hate in order to survive.
- Schindler's List (1993) In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Thomas Keneally (book), Steven Zaillian (screenplay) Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
- Sophie's Choice (1982) Harrowing, Oscar-winning story of a Holocaust survivor from Poland, her tortured lover and an aspiring writer in Brooklyn.
Streaming Film Databases
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Popular Holocaust Documentaries
- From Bitter Earth: Artists of the Holocaust Throughout the Holocaust, Jewish artists created work that vividly documented the horror of Hitler’s reign...In this program, artists who survived the camps discuss the risks they took in order to obtain simple materials—scraps of paper, pencils, and other basic supplies. They describe the inventive ways they found for hiding finished pieces from their Nazi captors. In an ironic twist, some tell how they were recruited to create Nazi propaganda art.
- Never Again? Genocide Since the Holocaust After the atrocities of World War II, the cry of conscience was "never again!" As this program demonstrates, that bitterly learned injunction went unheeded throughout much of the world. The chronicle of genocide continues with a look at Mao’s purges in China, Cambodia under Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge, the Arab/Israeli conflict, border wars in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and killing in Central America. (57 min)
- Elie Wiesel: Dead Stars, Dead Eyes In this powerful program narrated by William Hurt, Elie Wiesel shares his innermost beliefs as he talks about his commitment to Holocaust awareness, his ongoing fight against anti-Semitism, and his tireless efforts to help the weak. From his birthplace in the town of Sighet and back again via Auschwitz, postwar Paris, Jerusalem, and New York City, [he] talks about the things that matter most to him: family, Judaism, human rights, and, most of all, the duty to remember. (58 min)
- Propaganda Though they often work in the shadows, their efforts have affected the destinies of entire nations, in peacetime and war. This program focuses on dictators and spin doctors who shaped the perceptions of the masses in 20th-century Europe. Archival news film and footage and historical photos spotlight the propaganda of the Russian Revolution, World War II, the Gulf War, and the NATO attacks against Serbia, as well as the PR blitzes so much a part of today’s political scene. (29 min)
- Israel: The First Forty Years Showing Palestine under the British Protectorate and the arrival of Holocaust survivors in 1946, this program properly begins with David Ben-Gurion’s proclamation of the state of Israel, and proceeds through the tumultuous first 40 years of the oldest surviving nation and the newest democracy in the Middle East. Included in the program are the ’67 and ’73 wars, the invasion of Lebanon and the destruction of the Iraqi nuclear plant, the trial of Adolf Eichmann, Yad Vashem, life on a kibbutz
- The Jewish People: A Story of Survival—Educator’s Edition Despite centuries of suffering and displacement, the fabric of Jewish culture has never broken. This program examines the theme of survival and its connection to Jewish achievements. Viewers will encounter a wide range of topics, including the origins of Judaism, the world’s first major monotheistic religion; the flourishing of Jewish scholarship through Talmudic learning and Rabbinic Judaism; the golden age of Jewish creativity at the height of Islamic power; and the post-Holocaust continuity
- World War II: The Road to War (31:00)
Chronicles the global events that ultimately led to U.S. action in World War II - Words and Actions: Contexts and Consequences of Propaganda—from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
- The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive is honoured to invite you to view our extensive online virtual cinema. Over the past few years the archive has uploaded over 600 films, a selection of the most impressive films of the archive's thousands of items. For your convenience, we have divided the films into categories. The categories allow for expedient search and easy access to the free collection.
Nuremberg Trials
- Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (01:21) Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (01:21) From Title: World War II
- The WPA Film Library: The Start of the Nuremberg Trials Part I, 1945 (03:00) The WPA Film Library: The Start of the Nuremberg Trials Part I, 1945 (03:00)
- The WPA Film Library: The Start of the Nuremberg Trials Part II, 1945 (01:00) The WPA Film Library: The Start of the Nuremberg Trials Part II, 1945 (01:00)