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The Eternal Light: the Remnant (1969)

1969 · Short film · 28 min

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This 1969 episode of “The Eternal Light,” an NBC television series produced in conjunction with the Jewish Theological Seminary, represents part two of a series telling the “story of the renewal of European Jewry” following World War II and the Holocaust (TRT: 28:51). The bombing of Europe by German Nazis during WWII (0:08). Opening titles: “The Eternal Light: The Remnant” (0:38). A placid Prague riverfront over narration invoking the horrors of the Holocaust (0:55). Holocaust survivor Pavel Coleman, President of the Jewish Community of Prague. Coleman speaks of the seizure of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and 1939 and the estimated death tolls from subsequent extermination camps (1:24). Terezín or the Theresienstadt Ghetto in the Czech Republic, now a memorial shrine. Barracks. Gallows (2:18). A sign: “Krematorium.” a cart entering a furnace at a concentration camp (3:13). Numbered records of the deceased. Burned remains (4:09). A red candle in the foreground, a list of 77,000 Czech victims in the background. A young man walks past a menorah in a synagogue. Zoom in on the name “Richtmann” (4:22). Abramim Tolentino, a survivor from Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, tells his story (5:23). Candles in a shrine. Narration speaks of the expatriation of Yugoslavian Jews (6:07). Miriam Steiner, a survivor turned Director of the Yugoslav Federation of Jewish Youth, a children’s camp near Dubrovnik estimates the local death toll at 66,000 (6:22). Danish fishermen and riverfront docks in Denmark…

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Running time
28 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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★★★★★ · Life · silverRed54 · 2025-05-04

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