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.
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: Tyranny on Trial (45:00)
- The Legacy of Nuremberg
- Universal Newsreels: Nuremberg War Crimes Trials Open (11/29/1945) (02:00)
- 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 III, 1945
PBS Video
- Escape from Auschwitz (Video no longer available)
Films on Demand
Kanopy
AVON
Swank Streaming Media
Popular Holocaust Documentaries
The Genocide Factor Series
- Genocide: From Biblical Times Through the Ages
- Genocide in the First Half of the 20th Century
- Never Again? Genocide Since the Holocaust
- Genocide: The Horror Continues
The Holocaust in Art and Literature
The Holocaust in Context
- Israel: The First Forty Years
- The Jewish Americans: Home
- The Jewish People: A Story of Survival (Educator’s Edition)
- The Auctioneers: Kristallnacht 1938
- Words and Actions: Contexts and Consequences of Propaganda—from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II