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An Israeli Finds
New Meanings in a Nazi Film
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Published: August 17, 2010
For almost half a century, an unfinished Nazi propaganda film of the Warsaw Ghetto, simply titled “Das Ghetto” and discovered by East German archivists after the war, was used by scholars and historians as a flawed but authentic record of ghetto life. Shot over 30 days in May 1942 — just two months before deportations to the Treblinka extermination camp would begin — this hourlong silent film juxtaposed random scenes of Jews enjoying various luxuries with images of profound suffering. Read More
"My Name is Ahlam" directed by Rima Essa (Palestine) and produced by Claudia Levin (Israel) will be screened at the 2010 International Women's Film Festival in Rehovot (Israel) in September.
The film was awarded the Best Cinematography Award at the 2010 DocAviv Film Festival.
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