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Release Date:
October 18, 2019
Original Title:
תעלומת הספר השחור
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Zvi Shefy Productions
Production Countries:
Israel
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 70
In October 1947, the "Black Book" was to be published in Moscow - a collection of testimonies and articles about the murder of two million and seven hundred thousand Jews under Nazi occupation in the Soviet Union. The book was shelved by the authorities. The Holocaust of Soviet Jews as if it had never occurred at all. Why did Stalin decide to hide the solid and documented evidence of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union? Did Soviet Jewry’s enthusiasm on the establishment of the State of Israel cause collective punishment against them by the government? Since the revolution, Soviet Jews had been considered loyal partners in the building and administration of the Soviet Union. Why and how did they became suspects of dual loyalty, potential traitors, second class citizens?
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Director:
Boris Maftsir
Director of Photography:
Ron Katzenelson
Original Music Composer:
Avi Benjamin
Producer:
Zvi Shefy
Boris Maftsir
Screenplay:
Boris Maftsir
Sound Director:
Eva Spitkovsky
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