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Beyond Hitler's Grasp is a film about Holocaust with a happy ending. It tells the story of Bulgaria - a small and somehow forgotten European country which managed to protect a minority in its midst from annihilation. Bulgaria was a member of Nazi Germany's Axis during World War Two. It had a pro-Nazi governement and the Nuremberg laws were applied against the bulgarian Jews. Nevertheless, despite constant pressure, sometimes directly from Hitler, Bulgaria managed not to send its Jews to the German death camps. The film describes how the Bulgarian people succeeded to evade Nazi demands regarding the Bulgarian Jews. How parliamentarism at its best functioned to force the cancellation of the plan to deport Jews to death camps. How the Bulgarian Church managed to act in the face of brutally inhuman and powerfull regime; and how simple farmers, intellectuals, clergymen, merchants, laborers and union leaders succeeded in forcing their King to change his policy in favor of the Jews.

Israel - 2000 - 1 h 07 mn - Betacam SP - Colour and B&W

Réalisation Nitzan Aviram Scénario Michael Bar-Zohar, Nitzan Aviram Image Yoram Millo Son Sharon Shema Montage Naomi Press-Aviram Musique Shefi Yishai

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