What was special about this film that made its way from the studios in Berlin to the movie theaters in Eretz Israel?
Premiere Screening of the Early Thriller Film – The “Great Unknown”
From the end of the 1920s, the number of sound films (“talkies”) produced began to grow steadily, and within just a few years, silent films disappeared entirely
Harry Graf Kessler and the Biography of Walther Rathenau
The writing of a biography of this Jewish statesman, by a Christian, no less, cannot be taken for granted
From Ideology to Racism: Hitler’s Mein Kampf
The content of the book is well known for its blatant aggression against political enemies, democracy, and mainly, against what Hitler viewed as the “enemy race” of the German people: the Jews
The Nazi Period, World War II and the Holocaust
How did the Nazis, within a short time, destroy general conventions of the modern world pertaining to humanity, law and culture?
The Nazi Rise to Power Through the Eyes of Sebastian Haffner
Everything went “strictly by the book,” using means that were permitted by the constitution
The Aliyah of Central European Jews (the “Yekkim”) and the “German Immigrants’ Association News”
In the great frenzy that ensued, many Jews who lived on German territory understood that their lives and property were in imminent danger, and that they had to find alternatives to carry on living
“Transfer Agreement” and the Boycott of German Goods
Jewish organizations appealed to the public to forgo the purchase of goods from Germany
Termination of Employment Letter to Ladislaus Farkas from Fritz Haber
Over 100 scientists were forced to leave large research institutes beginning in 1933, most due to their Jewish origins
“I heard that Germany had surrendered” – Memories of VE Day in Mandatory Palestine
With his son still on the front lines, philosopher Samuel Hugo Bergmann wrote about how the news of victory over the Nazis was received in Jerusalem
