We were so beloved [videorecording] : the German Jews of Washington Heights / Streetwise Films ; produced, directed, written, and edited by Manfred Kirchheimer.

New York : First Run/Icarus Films, c1985.

1 videocassette (145 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Examines the experiences of German-Jewish refugees who fled their country in the 1930s and settled in New York's Washington Heights. Having assimilated in Germany, they found themselves living exclusively among Jews for the first time, and were called "more German than Jewish". Through interviews they discuss the trauma of leaving Germany, their difficulties of adapting to life in the U.S., the relief and remorse of being saved, and the moral and emotional implications of their survival.

German Jews of Washington Heights

Images / Video & Film

English

December 13, 2004

VHS format.