The Yellow Star – The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45

• Fried Ptok: spokesman
• Heidemarie Theobald: spokesman
• Heinz Rabe: spokesman
• Simon Wiesenthal

The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews 1933-1945 is a German documentary from 1980 The film directed by author Dieter Hildebrandt in 1981 was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Documentary ". . The screenplay is based on the book The yellow star by Gerhard Schoen Berner from the year 1960.

Content

The film highlights the persecution of the Jewish population after Hitler came to power and tried to find answers to the arbeitshypothetische question of why there was so little resistance in the population. Hildebrandt reported selfless attempts of Jewish people to resist the Nazis, and shows images of the so-called Kristallnacht. Even with the seemingly peaceful states in the Warsaw ghetto in 1940, employed the film to the uprising in the spring of 1943.

Reviews

The lexicon of the International film ruled: " The authenticity of the images in conjunction with the historical background and environment as well as his intelligent and impressive presentation give the film a high information value, which triggers more than just sadness. "

In the Duisburg Film Week 1981, the film was judged more negatively by the audience.

Awards and nominations

The yellow star was nominated for an Oscar in 1981 for "Best Documentary ". The producer Bengt of the mills received the Bavarian Film Award in January 1981.