HERITAGE: CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS
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The history of the Jews is a history of involvement: with Near Eastern and Classical civilization in the Biblical Period, with Christendom and Islam in the Middle Ages, with nations all over the Earth in modern times. It is a history as old as civilization itself. A 9-part series, HERITAGE explores the Jewish experience over a span of 3,000 years. 60 mins each / 1984
Program 1: A People is Born (3500 B.C.E to 6th century): The Flood Story; Judges to Kings.
Program 2: The Power of The Word (6th century B.C.E. to 2nd century B.C.E.): Restoration in the Land of Israel; Under Roman Rule.
Program 3: The Shaping of Traditions (1st to 9th centuries) Judaism and Christianity; Jewish Society Under Islam.
Program 4: The Crucible of Europe (9th to 15th centuries): The Jews in Spain and Northern Europe; Jewish Community and Culture.
Program 5: The Search for Deliverance (1492-1789): The Expulsion from Spain; The Zenith of Polish Jewry.
Program 6: Roads From the Ghetto (1789-1917): The French Revolution; The Challenge of Religious Readjustment.
Program 7: The Golden Land (1654-1932): The Colonial Jew; The German-Jewish Experience.
Program 8: Out of The Ashes (1917-1945): The Age of Assimilation; Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.
Program 9: Into The Future (1945-1984): Israel; Oppressed Jewry; In the Western World.

IN THE MONTH OF KISLEV
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A wealthy, arrogant merchant learns the true meaning of Hanukkah when he takes the family of a poor peddler to court for savoring the smell of his wife's potato pancakes outside their window. Illustrations from the book by Nina Jaffe are used in this iconographic tale of generosity and fortitude. Along the way, young viewers will learn about Jewish holiday traditions. Includes a curriculum guide. 12 mins / 1994

JEWISH AMERICANS
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Jews first arrived in America in the 1650s and thousands followed in three large waves over the next 300 years, fleeing discrimination and religious persecution in Europe and the Middle East. Settling in parts of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland and St. Louis, they were known as extremely hard-working people whose faith sustained and motivated them. In the late 1800's many American Jews began to organize to promote political change, forming labor unions and improving working conditions. In America today, Jews practice three different forms of Judaism: Orthodox, conservative and Reform. 30 mins / 1993

THE LIFE OF ANNE FRANK
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This program tells the story of Anne Frank through quotations from her famous diary, pictures of her hiding places, photos from the Frank family album, and historical documentary footage. Historical background is provided on Germany, Frank's birthplace in 1929; anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany; the flight of the Frank family to Holland, and the Franks' secret existence until they were betrayed and Anne was deported to Bergen-Belsen. Awarded a Blue Ribbon at the American Film & Video Festival. Excellent for upper elementary students. 25 mins / 1991

LODZ GHETTO
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LODZ GHETTO was meticulously assembled from seclandestine photographs hidden away under threat of death so that we would know what the people of the ghetto endured. The film demands its viewers' attention. It crosses though time, bringing us into the past by mixing modern and historical footage into a seamless reality. This intimate view of the greatest tragedy of our time is also inspirational limits poignant images of daily life among people who refused to give up their love of family or to stifle their drives to think and create. 118 mins / 1989

THE LUCKY ONES
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It was said that the only way out of Buchenwald was through the chimneys of the crematorium, but 168 Allied airmen were the lucky ones. In the summer of 1944, as Allied forces closed in on Nazi-occupied Paris, a desperate Gestapo hsipped 168 captive Allies airmen to the depths of Nazi Germany. There they were sent, not to a prisoner-of-war camp, as sanctioned by international law, but to Buchenwald, a Nazi concentration camp notorious for its crematorium and human medical experiments. As they were stripped, sheared and forced into showers, the airmen wondered whether they were next in line to be gassed. Instead, they were amongst the "lucky ones" who remained alive and became witnesses to one of history’s worst crimes against humanity. Fifty years later, these unlikely witnesses to one of history’s worst atrocities share their personal stories of life before, during and after Buchenwald. 46 mins / 1994

SHOAH
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Claude Lanzmann’s epic documentary is a direct confrontation with the people of the Holocaust, with those who were there. It is a series of extensive interviews with participants some thirty to forty years after the event. Victims, bystanders and persecutors recount their sides of the story in a completely candid manner, without any director’s tricks. Most of the people interviewed are in their own settings. There are even group interviews where the dynamics of the group lead to spontaneous exchanges which may not have occurred during a one-on-one interview. Viewer’s Guide enclosed. 9 1/2 hours / 1985

WALL OF SILENCE
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Wall of Silence chronicles a small event of the Holocaust in the closing days of the War in the Austrian border town of Rechnitz. In March 1945, with the Red Army closing in, Hungarian Jews, spared from Auschwitz to serve as slave laborers, were murdered en-masse one night in a drunken orgy by German Austrian revelers. Hungarian Jews were taken from their quarters in the cellar dungeon of the town’s castle to a spot near a Christian monument. There they were forced to reenact the other way Jews were murdered, by digging their own graves and then being shot. Wall of Silence shows the contention between holocaust survivor Isador Sandorffy, who wants to find the location of he mass grave in order to give these Jews a proper burial , and the people Rechnitz who give misinformation, and object to the search. This film is really about those who did the killings and their silent allies who cannot admit their guilt and complicity in this most terrible event in history. 59 mins / 1995

WE MUST NEVER FORGET
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This video is useful for introducing the Holocaust to fourth through ninth graders. The incredulity of the atrocity, the loss of family members, and the living memories are made accessible in WE MUST NEVER FORGET. Archival photos, interview with survivor Rosa Katz, and a crisp narrative combine to remind students of the destructive forces of hate and bigotry. Teacher's Resource Guide included. 35 mins / 1994

WE MUST REMEMBER
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Oral histories of the Holocaust recounted by Fort Wayne survivors are introduced by Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld, director of the Jewish Studies program at Indiana University. 51 mins / 1991

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