righteous gentiles in the holocaust

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Beyond courage

the untold story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
Examines the true stories of a variety of Jews and Noble Gentiles in World War II who helped the Jewish resistance in Nazi Europe through sabotage, rescue, and guerilla warfare operations done clandestinely.

Life in a jar

the Irena Sendler Project
2011
Tells story of Irena Sendler who organized the rescue of 2,500 Jewish children during World War II, and the teenagers who started the investigation into Irena's heroism.

When courage was stronger than fear

remarkable stories of Christians who saved Jews from the Holocaust
1999

A good man in evil times

the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes --the man who saved the lives of countless refugees in World War II
2001
Tells the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Portuguese consul in France during the early years of World War II, who defied the policies of Portugal's prime minister Dr. Antonio Oliviera de Salazar by signing visas that allowed ten thousand Jews to escape the Nazi death camps.

Schindler, Wallenberg, Miep Gies

the Holocaust heroes
2015
Details the efforts of people who risked their own lives to save thousands of Jews and others from Nazi persecution.

Hidden in silence

Based on a true story; Kellie Martin and Marion Ross star in this inspiring tale of a young Polish girl who hides a Jewish family from the Nazis during the war.

Two families

1997
The family of a brave teenager named Malka Csizmadia (Robin Tunney) reach out to a Jewish refugee (Michael Rapaport), helping him and others escape from the prison camp behind their home. In "We are Circus," husband-and-wife circus owners (Tim Matheson, Daryl Hannah), risk losing their business - and their lives - by hiding a Jewish family in their travelling circus.

Two women

1997
Elizabeth Perkins and Sela Ward star in this powerful portrayal of two courageous women who risk their lives to help Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. In "Mamusha," Gertruda Babilinska (Perkins) is a nanny who keeps a friend's young son and a group of Jewish prisoners alive until the war ends...Marie-Rose Gineste (Ward) is a "Woman On a Bicycle" in the south of France who is enlisted by the local bishop to help hide refugees and falsify their documents.

Two couples

1998
Studies individual acts of courage by people living in Nazi occupied lands during the Second World War. The first story tells of a newlywed couple who live in a constant state of danger after turning their country house into a hideaway for fleeing Jewish refugees. The second story tells of Madame Hamilton and her husband who give young Jewish boys a new lease on life by hiding them at their Catholic school for children of prisoners of war.

Hanged on a twisted cross

the life, convictions, and martyrdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1996
What is the responsibility of a follower of God when others are being persecuted and sent to prison camps and gas chambers?.

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