Lectures, Courses & Their Recordings

A phenomenal documentary about a man who saved Jewish lives! Listen to Fred Rosenbaum's talk about the Japanese diplomat and his interview with Robert Kirk, the film's writer and director, as well as producer Diane Estelle Vicari.

During the WWII occupation of the Netherlands, David Cohen, the chairman of the Jewish Council, cooperates with the German occupier while his daughter, Virrie, puts her own life at risk to save hundreds of Jewish children from being deported. This amazing film accurately defines the Dutch cooperation with the Nazis.

1917 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This powerful drama centers on Rebecca, a Jewish immigrant who arrives from Poland to reunite with her husband. After discovering that he has died, she is forced to work in a brothel headed by the ruthless Tzvi.

Lili Naveh's  interview with Hans Knoop,  author of "The Jewish Council" on which the mini-series film is based.

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Hans Knoop was born as a hidden Jewish kid during the German occupation of Holland. Years later, he became a journalist and in 1967 became the permanent correspondent in Tel Aviv for his newspaper and for Dutch and Belgian national radio and television.

After his return to the Netherlands, Knoop became a war correspondent, and interviewed King Hussein of Jordan, President Sadat of Egypt, the Shah of Iran, President Nixon and Israeli prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Menachem Begin.