They Were Not Silent (1998)

Genre

documentary film

How it feels

This documentary covers the Jewish Labor Committee's campaign against the Nazis in the United States before, during and after World War II. It uses old footage, photographs, and interviews with labor veterans, survivors, and scholars to tell the story of how Jewish groups worked to aid people in Europe.

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What happens

They Were Not Silent is a documentary about the Jewish Labor Committee's anti-Nazi movement in the United States before, during and after World War II. The film features rare archival footage and photographs along with interviews with labor veterans, Holocaust survivors and scholars. It explores how international Jewry worked to help Jews and non-Jews in Germany, Poland, and elsewhere in Europe. The JLC's role has changed over the years. A trade unionist who has focused on JLC history, Kenneth Burt, says he hopes that the documentary will encourage new interest in the organization. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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