Łódź Ghetto / Jewish Heritage Project ; produced by Alan Adelson ; directed by Kathryn Taverna and Alan Adelson ; script compiled and edited by Alan Adelson.

Chronicles the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Łódź from German occupation beginning on September 8, 1939 to liberation by the Russians on January 17, 1945. Focuses on the forcible move of Jews into the ghetto, the harsh conditions within, deportation to Auschwitz, and the survival of the few Jews w...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Jewish Heritage Project
HBO Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Adelson, Alan, 1943-
Taverna, Kathryn
Squires, Buddy
Grossman, Mendel
Dobroszycki, Lucjan
Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991
Kepros, Nicholas
Rosenblat, Barbara
Warrilow, David
Bikel, Theodore
Language:English
Published: [Westport, Conn.] : Jewish Heritage Project, ©2009, ©1992, ©1989.
Edition:Special collector's edition.
Subjects:
Rumkowski, Mordecai Ḥayim.
Jewish ghettos > Poland > Łódź > History.
Jews > Persecutions > Poland > Łódź > History.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Łódź > Personal narratives.
Łódź (Poland) > History.
Ghettos > Pologne > Łódź > Histoire.
Juifs > Persécutions > Pologne > Łódź > Histoire.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Pologne > Łódź > Récits personnels.
Jewish ghettos.
Jews > Persecutions.
Poland > Łódź.
1939-1945
Documentaries and Factual Films.
Documentary films.
Historical films.
History.
Personal narratives.
Documentaires.
Films historiques.
Genre:
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Documentaries and Factual Films.
Documentary films.
Historical films.
History.
Documentaires.
Films historiques.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Chronicles the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Łódź from German occupation beginning on September 8, 1939 to liberation by the Russians on January 17, 1945. Focuses on the forcible move of Jews into the ghetto, the harsh conditions within, deportation to Auschwitz, and the survival of the few Jews who remained behind and hid in the ghetto. Depicts the ghetto's Nazi-appointed Jewish leader, Mordecai Ḥayim Rumkowski. Utilizes historical film footage and still photographs, some contemporary footage, and narration from historical diaries and monographs. Much of the historical material was made at great risk and left deliberately by the doomed community members.
Note:Originally televised on HBO in 1989 and released on VHS in 1992.
From diaries and monographs written in the Łódź Ghetto by Oskar Rosenfeld, Oskar Singer, David Sierakowiak, Jozef Klementynowski, Irene Liebman and others and from The chronicle of the Łódź ghetto edited by Lucjan Dobroszycki.
Videorecording.
Call Number:DS134.62 .L64 2009 VideoDVD
Awards:"International Film Critics Prize"--Container.
ISBN:9780967769783
0967769787
Credits:Executive producer, Stephen Samuels ; original score by Wendy Blackstone ; still photo cinematography, Gary Becker and Kathryn Taverna ; cinematography, Jozef Piwkowski, Eugene Squires ; film edited by Kathryn Taverna ; ghetto photographers, Mendel Grossman, Henryk Ross ; original color pictures of the ghetto provided by Erhard Löcker, Löcker Verlag, Vienna ; contemporary photos of ghetto district by Eva Rubinstein ; music editor, Kathryn Taverna ; chief historical consultant, Lucjan Dobroszycki.
System Details:DVD format.
Participant or Performer:
Voices: Jerzy Kosinski, Nicholas Kepros, Barbara Rosenblat, David Warrilow, Gregory Gordon, Alan Adelson, Theodore Bikel.