Overview
- Summary
- Traces the war-era activities of Szmul Zygielbojm, a member of the Jewish Bund and a pre-war leader in the Warsaw Jewish community. Drawing on letters, film footage and first-hand accounts the film covers Zygielbojm's appointment to the city council as a liason to the Nazis on Jewish affairs, his escape into exile, and his elevation to the cabinet of the Polish government-in-exile. Zygielbojm took his own life on Apr. 19,1943, during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to protest the passivity of world leaders.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [Poland] : M. Wazacz, [1998]
©1998 - Locale
- Poland
- Notes
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Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
Director, Mieczysława Wazacz; producer, Pawel Mantorski; music, Henryk Kuzniak.
PAL.
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Additional Form
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Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (49 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
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- Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
- Conditions on Use
- Subject to copyright restrictions.
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