Awards
International TV and Film Festival of New York
Silver Medal
The late Jewish historian and author Jacques Presser narrates and appears in this documentary version of his life story. Presser begins at the dawn of the twentieth century and describes his experiences during World War I, the Russian Revolution, World War II , the Holocaust, and the post-war years in Europe. The son of a diamond cutter, Presser rose from the poverty of Amsterdam's Jewish ghetto and became enraptured by socialism. During World War II, 100,000 Amsterdam Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, including Presser's wife.Struggling with this trauma, Presser took over fifteen years to write his book "Ashes in the Wind: The Destruction of Dutch Jewry." The book created a storm of controversy because it exposed many members of the Dutch bourgeois who collaborated with the Nazis. Bregstein also directed In Search of Jewish Amsterdam.
The National Center For Jewish Film
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