Smierć Zygielbojma = Zygielbojm's death / Bow & Axe Entertainment ... [and others] ; scenariusz i realicja, Dżamila Ankiewicz ; producent, Marek Nowowiejski.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DVD-0106

Overview

Summary: Video tells the story of Szmul Arthur Zygielbojm, an important member of Warsaw's Jewish Bund prior to the Nazi occupation. After trying unsuccessfully to enlist aid for Poland from other countries, Zygielbojm committed suicide in 1943. The story is told by Szmul's brother Reuven, who travels to modern day Warsaw and London to explore the incidents leading up to Szmul's suicide.
Variant Title: Zygielbojm's death
Format: Video
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, [2000]
©2000
Locale: Poland
Other Authors/Editors: Ankiewicz, Dżamila.
Nowowiejski, Marek.
Zygielbojm, Reuven.
Karski, Jan, 1914-2000.
Edelman, Marek, 1919-2009.
Filmakers Library, inc.
Bow & Axe Entertainment.
Notes: Photography, Mikołaj Nesterowicz.

Speaker, Reuven Zygielbojm ; Jan Karski, Marek Edelman, interviewees.

DVD.

In Polish with English subtitles.

Language: Polish
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects: Jews--Poland--Biography. Jewish socialists--Poland--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Documentary films. Video recordings. Biographies. Zygielbojm, Szmul,--1895-1943.

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