Joe Fineman Film Collection 

and Other Holdings of Holocaust and Genocide-Related Videotapes and Films

Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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Author(s):    Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932- Olivier, Laurence, 1907- Thames Television, ltd. HBO Video (Firm)

 

Title: Pincers, August 1944-March 1945 ; Genocide, 1941-1945 ; Nemesis--Germany, February-May 1945

 

Variant Title:      Genocide, 1941-1945. Nemesis--Germany, February-May 1945.

 

Physical Description: Videorecording

 

Subject(s): Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 --Death and burial. Documentary films. World War, 1939-1945. Operation Dragoon, 1944. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) z Germany. Genocide--Germany--History.

 

Publisher:          New York : HBO Home Video, 1973.

 

Description:        1 videocassette (156 min.) : sd., b & w, col. ; 1/2 in.

 

Series:             World at war ; v. 7

 

Notes:              Through actual film footage, depicts the horror and heroism of World War II. VHS.

 

Call Number:        Video 2966                   

 

Location:           WCU IMC Video Collection, 1st Floor

 

 

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Author(s):    Bakewell, Joan. Tutu, Desmond. Vergès, Jacques. Tomuschat, Christian. Cesarani, David. British Broadcasting Corp.Community TV Network Chicago, Ill.) Films for the Humanities/ the BBC in association with CTVC ; written and presented by Joan Bakewell ; produced by Anna Laura Malago ; directed by Steve Smith.

 

Title:  Heart of the matter: the legacy of Nuremberg

 

Variant Title:      Legacy of Nuremberg

 

Physical Description: Videorecording

 

Subject(s):         Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg,

 

                    Germany, 1945-1946. War (International law) International

 

                    offenses. Yugoslav war, 1991---Atrocities. War crimes.

 

Publisher:          Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1996], c1995.

 

Description:        1 videocassette (50min.) : sd.,col. W/ b&w sequences; 1/2in.

 

Series:             Holocaust Collection                     

 

Notes:  Shows excerpts from the Nuremberg trials and then discusses their influence on contemporary wars and genocide by looking at war crimes in Bosnia and the process of reconciliation in the new South Africa today. Desmond Tutu, Jacques Verges, Christian Tomuschat and David Cesarani examine moral and ethical issues involved.  VHS.

 

Call Number:        Video 2794

 

Location:           WCU IMC Video Collection, 1st Floor

 

 

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Author(s):    Zenger Video. T.A.T Communications.

 

Title:    The Wave

 

Primary Material:   Visual Material

 

Physical Description: Videorecording

 

Subject(s): Attitude (Psychology)--Study and teaching. Holocaust, Jewish         (1939-1945) Power (Social sciences) Conformity. Behavior modification        Political psychology. Psychology, Applied. Attitude(Psychology) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Power (Social sciences)

 

Publisher:          Culver City, Calif. : Zenger Video [distributor] [199?].

 

Description:        1 videocassette (46 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in.

 

Notes: "Based on a short story by Ron Jones." "Based on the real experience of a high school class in Palo Alto, California, in April, 1967." Originally released by Embassy Productions as motion picture in 1984; originally c1981. A high school teacher drills his students on ideas of power, discipline, and superiority to illustrate the development of attitudes such as those that allowed Germans to deny responsibility for genocide under the Nazis. Intended to stimulate thinking among those who maintain that "it can't happen here."  VHS.

 

Call Number:        Video 3283

 

Location:           WCU IMC Video Collection, 1st Floor

 

 

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Author(s):    Montes de Gonzalez, Ana. Chapman, Anne.

 

Title:  The Ona people life and death in Tierra del Fuego

 

Subject(s):         Ona Indians. Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)

 

Publisher:          [S.l.] : Ana Montes de Gonzalez, c1977.

 

Description:        2 film reels (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.

 

Notes: Examines the culture of the Ona Indians, also known as the Selk'nam and the genocide that brought about their extinction

 

Call Number:        IMC Film 1608

 

Location:           WCU IMC Film Collection, 1st Floor

 

 

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Author(s):Whitlock, William. Sharp, Gene. Frost, J. William (Jerry William) DeFeis, Elizabeth F. Toscano, David J. WTL Productions.

 

Title:              Alternatives to violence                   

 

Subject(s):         Nonviolence. Pacifism. War--Moral and ethical aspects.

 

Publisher:          Primos, Pa. : WTL Productions, [1982]                   

 

Description:        4 videocassettes (VHS)(240 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

 

With learner's guide supplement, Alternatives to by David Toscano.violence         People from diverse backgrounds address problems of war,  dictatorship, genocide and social oppression.  They examine the possibilities of employing pragmatic, nonviolent strategies as means by which these problems may be attacked.

 

Table of Contents:  Video 79. Alternatives to violence.  Alternatives to violence, exploration Video 80. Seminar: Paths to future exploration of nonviolent alternatives Video 81. A dialogue: Confronting social oppression and denial of human rights Video 82. A dialogue: Confronting dictatorship, political grievances, war and international aggression.

 

Call Number:        Video 79-82

 

Location:           WCU IMC Video Collection, 1st Floor

 

 

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Author(s):    Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962. Grey, Joel. / National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting of the Jewish Museum, New York.

 

Title: Witnesses to the holocaust the trial of Adolf Eichmann

 

Physical Description: Videorecording

 

Subject(s):         Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures. Trials in motion pictures. Documentary films.

 

Publisher:          Irvine, CA : Lorimar Home Video, c1987.

 

Description:        1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.                   

 

Notes: VHS format. "VHS 824" Videocassette release of film of the1961-62 trial in Jerusalem District Court. SS Lieutenant-Colonel Adolf Eichmann was head of the Reich Security Head Office Section IV B4, the department which administered the annihilation of European Jewry. He was tried in Jerusalem, charged with crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity, war crimes and membership in a criminal organization. Eichmann was found guilty and executed on May 31, 1962. This film is a resource and testament for commemorating the millions who died.

 

 

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Author(s): Surviving Generations of the Holocaust Oral History Project. ; Debbie Benezra, executive producer and director ; Miriam Greenbaum, assistant project director and historian.

 

Title: Never again, I hope: the Holocaust 

 

Physical Description: Videorecording

 

Subject(s):         Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

 

Publisher:  [S.l.] : Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, 1992.

 

Description:        1 videocassette (37 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.                     

 

Series:             Holocaust Collection                   

 

Notes: A composite of 9 Jewish Holocaust survivors'video oral histories. VHS.

 

Call Number:        Video 2831

 

Location:           WCU IMC Video Collection, 1st Floor

 

 

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Author(s):    United Jewish Federation of Tidewater / Holocaust Commission.

 

Title:   Surviving hatred: witness to the Holocaust

 

Physical Description: Videorecording

 

Subject(s): Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal

 

                  Narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Jews.                   

 

Publisher:   Virginia Beach, Va. : United Jewish Federation of Tidewater ; 1998.

 

Description:        1 videocassette (28 min., 56 sec.) sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

 

Series:             Holocaust Collection

 

Notes:              Interviews with Holocaust survivors.     VHS.

 

Call Number:        Video 2832

 

Location:           WCU IMC Video Collection, 1st Floor

 

 

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Author(s):    Hornshøj-Møller, Stig. Hitler / [written and directed by] Esben Høilund Carlsen ; [produced by] AVICO Film & TV for TV2.

 

Title: Atawolf the riddle of Adolf

 

Physical Description: Videorecording

 

Subject(s): Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Antisemitism- Germany - History. Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

 

Publisher:          Denmark : AVICO Film & TV ; 1997.                   

 

Series:             Holocaust Collection

 

Description: 4 videocassettes (152 min.) sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 1/2 in. Library lacks pt. 3.

 

Notes: Title in Danish on title frame: Atawolf : Gåden Adolf Hitler. Dubbed into English.  A documentary series for television in four parts. Based on the book: Førermyten : Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels og historien bag et folkemord / Stig Hornshøj-Møller. VHS.

 

 Table of Contents:  Part 1.  Fate (38 min.) - Part 2. The women (38 min.) - Part 3. The apostles (38 min.) - Part 4.  The Jews (38 min.)

 

Call Number:        Video 2834; 2835; 2837;

 

Location:           WCU IMC Video Collection, 1st Floor

 

 

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Author(s): Perel, Shlomo, 1925- Holland, Agnieszka, 1948- Brauner, Artur, 1918- Menegoz, Margaret. Hofschneider, Marco. Zischler, Hanns, 1947- Delpy, Julie. Wilms, André. Films du losange,Agnieszka Holland.  CCC Filmkunst. Orion Home Video;MGM/UA Home Video; M Home Entertainment Inc.

 

Title: Europa Europa

 

Subject(s):  Perel, Shlomo, 1925- --Drama. Biographical films. War films. Foreign films. Jews--Germany--Drama. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)- Drama. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Drama. Nazis--Drama.

 

Publisher:  [Santa Monica, CA : distributed by] MGM/UA Home Video;United States Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, [c1999]                   

 

Description:        1 videocassette (113 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.                     

 

Series:             World films