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070313s2006 dcu019 vleng d
a| HMJ
b| eng
e| rda
c| HMJ
a| Defying genocide :
b| choices that saved lives /
c| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Committee on Conscience ; directed by Mandy Jacobson.
a| Washington, D.C. :
b| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
c| [2006]
a| 1 videodisc (19 min.) :
b| sound, color ;
c| 4 3/4 in.
a| two-dimensional moving image
b| tdi
2| rdacontent
a| video
b| v
2| rdamedia
a| videodisc
b| vd
2| rdacarrier
a| The story of how Simone Weil Lipman was able to save thousands of Jewish children during the Holocaust is a starting point for an exploration of what it takes to defy genocide. The film focuses on Damas Gisimba, director of a small orphanage in Rwanda that was besieged by militias during the 1994 genocide. Learn how Gisimba, with the help of American aid worker Carl Wilkens, managed to protect, care for, and save some 400 people.
a| Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
a| Rwanda
x| Ethnic relations.
a| Rwanda
x| History
y| Civil War, 1994.
a| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
a| Documentary films.
2| lcgft
a| Nonfiction films.
2| lcgft
a| Video recordings.
2| lcgft
a| Gisimba, Damas Mutezintare.
a| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
b| Committee on Conscience.
a| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
b| dvd
h| DVD-0340
z| Filed by number. Ask at Reference Desk for assistance.
b| dvd
h| DVD-0340
t| c.2
z| Filed by number. Ask at Reference Desk for assistance.