Tag Archives: Holocaust

the impossible restitution (Film: Woman in Gold – Helen Mirren, 2015)

Posted on June 14, 2015 by admin

Maria Altman, the principal character wonderfully acted by Helen Mirren in ‘Woman in Gold’ is a Holocaust survivor. At some point in the film she gives a public speech where she traces the origin of the word ‘restitution’ to a … Continue reading →

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Carte: Catalin Mihuleac – America de peste pogrom

Posted on December 9, 2014 by admin

In ceea ce banuiesc ca este o pseudo-prefata a cartii lui Catalin Mihuleac ‘America de peste pogrom’ aparuta la editura Cartea Romaneasca in 2014, eroina si presupusa comanditara a scrierii pe nume Suzy Berstein scrie: ‘Nu stiu nici in ce … Continue reading →

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Carte: Andrei Klein – Lea, Povestea familiei mele

Posted on July 7, 2014 by admin

Andrei Klein s-a nascut intr-un ghetto in Transnistria in perioada Holocaustului. Putini copii evrei s-au nascut in teritoriile ocupate de germani sau in statele fasciste din Europa acelor vremuri, si doar o parte au supravietuit. Numarul celor care s-au nascut … Continue reading →

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Au coeur de la nuit (Film: La Rafle – Jean Reno, 2010)

Posted on April 15, 2014 by admin

The Jewish people faced many dark moments in its long and troubled history. What happened in the night of July 16, 1942 in Paris – the arrest of more than ten thousand Jews, men and women, young, old and children, … Continue reading →

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The Old Rocker and the Holocaust (Film: This Must Be the Place – Sean Penn, 2011)

Posted on November 14, 2012 by admin

This Must Be the Place is one of the weirdest Holocaust movies ever made. So weird and so different that I doubt that it will find place in the usual re-programing of the TV stations on such commemorative moments as … Continue reading →

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Allergies in Times of War (Film: Gruber’s Journey – Radu Gabrea, 2008)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by admin

In director Radu Gabrea‘s Gruber’s Journey the Romanian cinema gets it’s first film seriously approaching the painful theme of the episodes of the Holocaust that took place in Romania between 1940 when the dictator Ion Antonescu took power (in collaboration … Continue reading →

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The Past Children Never Asked About (The Flat – documentary, Israel, 2011)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by admin

Arnon Goldfinger‘s most recent documentary The Flat (best documentary awards at the Jerusalem and Haifa film festivals, now shown at the cinematheques around Israel including the one in my village) starts as a typical family story. A few weeks after … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu – Pogromul de la Iasi

Posted on June 29, 2011 by admin

Se implinesc in aceste zile 70 de ani de la unele dintre cele mai tragice evenimente din istoria Romaniei – pogromul de la Iasi urmat de cumplitul ‘tren al mortii’, evenimente in care si-au pierdut viata mii de evrei. Gica … Continue reading →

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Felicia Antip – ‘Das Kind’ si alte 44 de filme

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

La Bucuresti are loc in aceasta saptamana prima editie a Festivalul Filmului Evreiesc – BJFF (http://www.bjff.ro/). Prietena mea Felicia Antip mi-a facut placerea de a-mi permite sa preiau pentru cititorii blogului notele ei de la vizionarea unuia din filmele prezentate … Continue reading →

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21 ianuarie 1941-2011

Posted on January 21, 2011 by admin

Se implinesc astazi 70 de ani de la izbucnirea rebeliunii legionare – faza finala si cea mai acuta a conflictului intre conducatorul statului roman intre anii 1940 si 1944 Ion Antonescu si miscarea legionara condusa de Horia Sima. In conflictul … Continue reading →

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