GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II (2018)

Directed by

Lisa Ades

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Jewish American veterans of World War II share their firsthand accounts. They describe fighting for their country and their people while facing anti-Semitism within the military. The film shows how these experiences changed their identities as Americans and as Jews.

inspirationalpersonalreflectivegroundedinformativemovingpoignanteye-opening

Trailer

More like this

• About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II (2005)
• Faith and Fate (2005)
• The Long Way Home (1997)
• Harbor from the Holocaust (2020)
• Liberation (1994)
• In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem (2017)
• The Interpreters (2018)
• Life Is Strange (2012)