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Besa: The Promise (2012)

Besa: The Promise (2012)

Documentary
Release Date: 2012, July 19
Directors: Rachel Goslins
Countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, United States of America
Production: JWM Productions
Cast: Norman H. Gershman, Rexhep Hoxha

Overview:

A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help the son of an Albanian baker that housed a Jewish family for a year return some Hebrew books that the family had to leave behind.

Keywords:

world war ii holocaust (shoah) jew persecution muslim promise albania gratitude