The secret / Belshir International presents ; a film by Ronit Kertsner ; written and directed by Ronit Kertsner ; producer, Noemi Schory ; a production of Belshir International, Israel ; in association with Noga Communications, Israel.

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Summary: During World War II, many Polish Jewish children were either hidden with Catholic families, or their own families managed to survive by hiding behind a Catholic Polish identity. After the war, these families kept this secret as a protection during the Communist era. Half a century later, thousands of younger Poles are finding that they come from Jewish families, and are struggling with this new identity, in a country with few Jews and a continuing history of anti-Semitism.
Format: Online resource
Published: Israel : Belshir International, [2001]
©2001
Locale: Poland
Other Authors/Editors: Kertsner, Ronit.
Schory, Noemi.
Belshir International.
Noga Communications.
Notes: Camera, Ron Katzenelson ; editor, Ronit Kertsner ; music, Barak Hanoch ; narrator, Linda Lovitch.

Romuald Jakub Weksler Waszkinel, Lesek Plaszewski, Malgorzata Lubinska, Agnieszka Ziatek.

English, Polish and Hebrew, with English subtitles.

Language: English Polish Hebrew
External Link: Electronic version(s) available. Hosted by USHMM
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file, 55 min.) : sound, color

Subjects: Jews--Poland--Identity. Hidden children (Holocaust)--Poland--Biography. Catholics--Poland--Biography. Jews--Poland--History--1945- Documentary films.

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