We Were So Beloved (1985)

Directed by

Manfred Kirchheimer

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 25m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

German Jewish survivors who settled in Washington Heights in New York City talk about their lives before and after the Holocaust. The film mixes their personal stories with excerpts from Mein Kampf to show the contrast between ordinary people and the ideology that persecuted them.

poignantsoberingconversationalhistoricalreflectivesomberthoughtfuloral-historylow-key

What happens

We Were So Beloved is a 1985 documentary film by Manfred Kirchheimer about Jewish survivors of the Holocaust living in Washington Heights, Manhattan in New York City. It consists of interviews with family and friends interspersed with written and spoken quotes from Mein Kampf to remind the viewer of the evil that had preceded. The film received mixed reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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