From Auschwitz to Jerusalem

A film by Michel Mees and Yvan Sevenans

Synopsis

From Auschwitz to Jerusalem tells the story of Jewish children, hidden children, who were often baptized during the war in order to survive the genocide. At the end of the war, many of these children, now orphaned, were recovered by the Jewish Agency and placed in gathering camps in Belgium. A long – both symbolic and real – journey in search of their lost identity then began for them. This clandestine journey would take them to Palestine.

Director	Michel Mees
Writers	Michel Mees Yvan Sevenans
Images	Antonio Capurso
Sound	Josquin Cambier
Editing	Jean-Louis Martin Jean Dewael
Music	Marc Keyaert
Commentary	Yvan Sevenans
Historical adviser	Jean-Philippe Schreiber
Producers	Willy Perelsztejn Serge Decleer Daniel Parmentier

51 minutes – Beta Digital – Stereo – Colour

A coproduction of Les Films de la Mémoire – Inedithing SA – RTBF

With the support:

Of the 16/9 Action Plan of the European Union
Of the Cinema and Audiovisual Centre of the French-speaking Community of Belgium
Of the Special Funds of the French-speaking Community of Belgium

Distributed with the support of the MEDIA program of the European Union.

Grand Historical Prize : XXIInd International Festival of the Art and Pedagogic Film, UNESCO House, Paris – december 1998