Ulica Graniczna = Border Street
Barcode: 58958026
Call Number: Holocaust
Material Type: Video -DVD
Time: 122 min.
Date: 1949
System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1
Language: Polish
Creator: Directed by Aleksander Ford
Description: In 1940, German troops occupying Warsaw herded the city's Jewish population behind a wall enclosing the ghetto district. Over the next few years, the Nazis began systematically deporting the community to concentration camps. By 1943, the population had dwindled from 500,000 to 60,000. The remaining Jews staged a valiant uprising in April of that year, fighting to near extinction against their oppressors. Border Street, one of the first post-war films to depict the Holocaust, captures the fervor and terror of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, as seen through the eyes of four youths. Bronek and Wladek are gentiles who consider the occupation an affront to their Polish heritage. For Jews David and Jadzia, fighting back is their only choice. Their stories intertwine in an emotional fury as they gallantly defend their lives.
Subjects: Holocaust, Shoah, Poland, Jewish
Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection