Overview
- Interview Summary
- Former enemies, representing Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faiths in Vukovar, Croatia, reconcile their differences.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
2001
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sy Rotter
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories. Documentary films.
- Extent
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1 videocassette (Betacam SP).
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
- Copyright Holder
- Mr. Sy Rotter
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Sy Rotter, founder of the Foundation for Moral Courage, donated the documentary film "The Peace Builders" to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2009. The film was produced by the Foundation for Moral Courage for broadcast on educational television.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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- 2023-11-16 09:17:55
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Also in Oral history interviews of the Sy Rotter collection, RG-50.596
Oral history interviews, edited films, B-roll footage and interview outtakes, and supporting documentation produced for educational television documentaries by Sy Rotter, founder of the Foundation for Moral Courage. Films include: The Other Side of Faith (1990); Zegota: A Time to Remember (1992); Rescue in Scandinavia (1994); A Time to Gather Stones Together (1994); A Debt to Honor (1995); One Day in the Life of Oni (1996); It Was Nothing...It Was Everything (1997); Zegota: Council for Aid to Jews in Occupied Poland (1996); Treason or Honor: German Rescuers of the Holocaust (1998); Making Choices (1999); and The Peace Builders (2001). Each film is accompanied by a separate record of B-roll footage and interview outtakes.
Date: 1990-1999
"It Was Nothing...It Was Everything" documentary film
Oral History
Highlighting the almost total destruction of Greece's Jewish community, the film combines archival footage and Ladino music along with interviews with rescuers and a few who were rescued in Thessaloniki, Athens, Crete, and in other areas in the region.
"The Other Side of Faith" documentary film
Oral History
A film that recounts how, in the town of Przemysl, in Nazi occupied Poland, 16-year old Stefania Podgorska and her younger sister Helena Podgorska hid 13 Jewish men, women, and children for over two years.
"One Day in the Life of Oni" documentary film
Oral History
Oni, a Jewish settlement high in the Caucasian mountains of Georgia, celebrates the 100th anniversary of its synagogue and the community's continuing presence in the region, which dates back 2,500 years.
"Zegota: A Time to Remember" documentary film
Oral History
The film highlights the efforts of the Council to Aid Jews, known as Zegota, in occupied Poland during the Holocaust. Includes interviews with Zegota participants, Jewish survivors, Polish and Jewish historians, and an epilogue by Jan Karski.
"A Debt to Honor" documentary film
Oral History
An account of the survival of Italy's Jews, many of whom found refuge with clergy and with ordinary citizens, during the Holocaust.
"Zegota: Council for Aid to Jews in Occupied Poland" documentary film
Oral History
A shortened version of "Zegota: A Time to Remember," containing new archival footage.
"Treason or Honor: German Rescuers of the Holocaust" documentary film
Oral History
An account of six German nationals, recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, who hid and protected German Jews during the Holocaust.
"Rescue in Scandinavia" documentary film
Oral History
An account of the efforts of citizens in Denmark and Norway to guide Jews across their borders to safety in Sweden. Raoul Wallenberg’s and Count Folke Bernadotte’s stories of rescue are featured in this film, along with the story of how the government of Finland aided its Jewish community while that country was still allied with Nazi Germany in their common war against the Soviet Union.
"A Time to Gather Stones Together" documentary film
Oral History
Holocaust survivors living in the United States visit archives and places of family origin in present-day Ukraine and Poland.
"Making Choices" documentary film
Oral History
Macedonians, Muslims, and Christians in the aftermath of the Kosovo crisis speak of the choices for their future.
