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You'll see how the thriving Jewish culture in pre-war Europe fell victim to the systematic slaughter wrought by the Nazi juggernaut. The project consists of survivor accounts, and the account of one liberator. In a truly unsettling scene, we see Jews being shot to death in a pit by members of the Einsatzgruppen while the romantic song "Lili Marlene" (a favorite of German soldiers) plays and is sung slowly and softly in the background.

The scenes are often gripping and horrifying in their veracity, but it is a must see for any student of the Holocaust. It is absolutely great, and I had to give it a (well-deserved) 10/10 star rating.

Using strange, experimental filmmaking techniques and a narration by Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor, "Genocide" is a horrifying look at the history of the Holocaust.

GENOCIDE is a cinematic masterpiece hailed as “unforgettable…an unabashed assault on the emotions.” - Newsweek Magazine

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But at the heart of this brilliant film is Elizabeth Taylor's moving narrative of ordinary people caught up in the Nazi reign of terror.

george jewish holocaust documentary

Uses the stories of these fictional families to portray the atrocities against the Jewish people from the 1930s to 1945, and presents a heart-wrenching portrait of their struggle."

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    "The Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh celebrated its 30th anniversary by releasing The Holocaust Testimony Project — a two-disc DVD set preserving the firsthand accounts of Pittsburgh residents who lived through that devastating time.

    I will use this in film class.

    10markstephenarthur

    A Part of history never should be forgotten

    Forget the the other numerous Holocaust documentaries. Read allOrson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor compassionately narrate this harrowing documentary about Jewish persecution in Nazi Germany, which soon turned into a notoriously industrious plan to wipe them from existence.Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor compassionately narrate this harrowing documentary about Jewish persecution in Nazi Germany, which soon turned into a notoriously industrious plan to wipe them from existence.

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    9Lucyslegacy

    Excellent documentary with archival footage

    This is an intense documentary of the extermination of the Jewish people in the Holocaust, with much archival footage.

    This is the definitive account of the atrocities of Nazi Germany, no reenactment..just fact after fact from records of those despicable times ..backed by photos and film ..kudos to Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Wells for their heartfelt narration....upsetting to watch but has to be seen.

    10Jordan_Haelend

    Horrifying Documentary

    I gave this documentary a "10" because in my opinion there is no reason whatsoever for it to receive anything less.

    We see life in the shtetls of Eastern Europe, where the 1,000 year-old Ashkenazic culture still existed and where the "old ways" were honored; we also are reminded of how Jews had been fully assimilated into the cultures of Western Europe (particularly Germany, which interestingly enough had the most thoroughly mixed culture of all mainland European nations and among the highest educational standards in the world prior to Nazism,) and of their great contributions to science, literature, and the arts.

    And it was all destroyed in a mere 12 years' time by legislation, the gun and the death camp.

    It features survivors Solange Lebovitz and Harry Schneider."

  • The American experience. This reminded me of the fact that one of Nazism's hallmarks was its insistence upon juxtaposing sentimental culture with indescribable brutality.

    By 1945 the Ashkenazic civilization was a memory; it literally went up in smoke and ashes at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec and Treblinka, among other places.

    • 7framptonhollis

    Criminally Underrated

    How has NOBODY ever heard of this magnificent documentary film?

    It is horribly explicit in it's nature, but it also shows how no words or images can truly capture how awful the Jews were treated during these dark, dark times.

    "Genocide" is definitely one of the most disturbing films ever made, because of the, previously mentioned, explicit content. There is a reference close to the end of a letter from 93 virgins requesting the kaddish for them in the future - this particular letter was proved later to be a hoax (http://www.hashkafah.com) Regardless, it is an excellent documentary even with the often melodramatic voice of Elizabeth Taylor.

    It can easily be compared with another explicit and disturbing Holocaust documentary, Alain Resnais' "Night and Fog".

    Although this brutal film is never discussed or normally listed as one of the best documentary film, it did get some recognition by the Academy Awards, because it won the Best Documentary Oscar.