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Genocide (1982)
The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust could happen again. The history of European Jewish culture and events before and during the Holocaust are seen in newsreels, photographs, and animated segments. The words of the victims of the era are read, and footage from the liberation os a concentration camp is shown.
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The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust could happen again. The history of European Jewish culture and events before and during the Holocaust are seen in newsreels, photographs, and animated segments. The words of the victims of the era are read, and footage from the liberation os a concentration camp is shown.
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Genre:Documentary, History, War
Written By:Martin Gilbert, Marvin Hier, Arnold Schwartzman
In Theaters:3/14/1982
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Runtime:84 minutes
Studio:Moriah Films, United Artists
Cast
Arnold Schwartzman
Director
Elizabeth Taylor
Narrator (voice)
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Simon Wiesenthal
Self
Neville Chamberlain
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage) (as Josef Goebbels)
Hermann Göring
Self - at Nuremberg Trials (archive footage)
Rudolf Hess
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Ralph Metcalfe
Self - in 100m Final at the 1936 Olympics (archive footage)
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