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Refuge : stories of the Selfhelp Home / a film by Ethan Bensinger.

Publication | Digitized | Library Call Number: DVD-0990

Overview

Summary: "Refuge reaches back more than 70 years to give voice to the final generation of Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. The film traces the lives of Holocaust survivors and refugees who today live in Chicago at Selfhelp, a home that has provided refuge for more than 1,000 elderly Central European Jews since the end of World War II. Told through eyewitness experiences of Selfhelp's residents, this is a story of remarkable courage and resiliance" -- Back of container.
Format: Video
Published: [Chicago, Ill.] : Bensinger Global Media, 2012
Locale: Illinois
Chicago
Other Authors/Editors: Bensinger Global Media.
Notes: Title from disc.

Music, Steve Zoloto ; edited by Ruth Epstein ; produced by Beth Sternheimer ; directed by Ethan Bensinger.

DVD.

In English.

Physical Details

Language: English
External Link: http://www.storiesofselfhelp-film.com
ISBN: 9780615662886
0615662889
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Illinois--Chicago--Interviews. Jewish refugees--Illinois--Chicago. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Video recordings. Personal narratives. Interviews. Selfhelp Home (Chicago, Ill.).

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