David Notowitz - Voices Of The Shoah

Category: Documentary
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Rememberances Of The Holocaust produced by David Notowitz Narrated by Elliot Gould featuring the first-person accounts of Shlomo (Saul) Berger, Fela Bernstein, Edith Birkin, Renate Collins, Abe Cheslow, Lily Fischl, Ruth Foster, Rose Groves, Siegfried (Siggy) Halbreich, Eugene Heimler, Jack Kagan, Cesia Kingston, Abraham Klausner, Trude Levi, Sonia Meyers/Idelson, Lawrence Mori, John Rauch, Vera Schaufeld, Gary Schiller, Dana Schwartz, Ilse Sinclair, Barbara Stimler, Fred Yasukochi Running Time... 3:56:17 Shortest Track... 0:20 Channels... Mono Longest Track... 6:11 Tracks... 119 RAR-compressed... 83MB 22kHz VBR Uncompressed... 87MB Narrated by Elliot Gould, this four-CD set is almost exclusively comprised of the voices of Holocaust survivors. As they tell their stories, the nightmare of the Shoah-the attempted annihilation of all Jews in Europe-unfolds as a living memory of one of mankind's most horrific periods. All these stories are first-hand accounts of Jews from this period. Some, of course, were very young at the time, but many were adults living a "normal" life before the Nazis imposed their will. They are true witnesses, and in various voices--some measured and calm, some choking with emotion--they tell their stories. We are taken from the time before the war when life was relatively idyllic, through the persecution and eradication of Jews, to the re-establishment of Israel as a permanent Jewish state. There are far too many stark and dramatic anecdotes to single one out, but to hear an American soldier, the only Jew in his company, describing the sight of railroad cars full of skeletons-the only sign of life being a few eyes moving-makes abundantly clear the absolute horror of the Holocaust. For these survivors, the Shoah is not merely history, but an unforgettable, permanent part of their beings. Through their remarkable voices, we are reminded that this evil was in fact witnessed, and with powerful documents like this, should never be forgotten.
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Before Stonewall (1984)

Category: Documentary
Description:
Director: John Scagliotti & Greta Schiller Year: 1984 Genre: Documentary Country: USA Language: English IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088782/ Video File Name: Before Stonewall-1984-John Scagliotti and Greta Schiller.avi File Size (in bytes): 713,821,878 bytes Runtime (# of frames): 1:26:24 (155338 frames) Video Codec: XviD 1.1.2 Final Frame Size: 710x480 [=1.315] FPS: 29.970 Video Bitrate: 927 kb/s Bits per Pixel: 0.091 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC ......: []...[N-VOP]...[]...[] Audio Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate: 48000 Hz Audio bitrate: 160 kb/s [2 channel(s)] CBR audio Interleave: 107 ms No. of audio streams: 1 Plot summary: New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots. Review: I have lost count of the number of times I have seen this wonderful documentary. The archival material alone -- film clips and still photographs of gay life in America between 1900 and the '60s -- is enough to make this film a treasure; but it is the interviews with survivors of the pre-Stonewall era that make Before Stonewall a priceless heirloom of gay studies and a must in the personal education of any socially conscious person interested in gay culture.
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Leeches: 10

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David Notowitz - Voices Of The Shoah

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