Pillar of Fire

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Pillar of Fire
other titles:
Pillar of Fire- Ein Staat entsteht, Die Feuersäule
country / year of production:
Israel / 1982( X)
original length:
7x60' , color
premiere:
in Deutschland/Germany: May 6 2008
genre:
Documentary
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This documentary series displays the path to the foundation of the State of Israel. It consists of seven seven parts leading from the return of Jewish settlers in Palestine in 1895 to the declaration of independence of Israel by David Ben Gurion in 1948. It shows collections of documentary footage and reports of eye-witnesses.
The Chapters are:
The Jew returns- The Arab awakens (1895-1920)
The Dream (1914-1929)
The Rise and Fall of German Jews (1919-1937)
Who’s afraid of a Jewish state? (1937-1939)
Holocaust (1939-1945)
Exodus (1945-1947)
A Nation reborn (1947-1948)
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anti-semitism , concentration camps , terrorism , genocide , Gaza strip , Holocaust
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