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The Ransom of Romanian Jews to Israel
Jews for Sale
Dir.: Radu Gabrea | 71 minutes

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Ambassador of Romania to Israel Radu Ioanid in conversation with Yossi Melman, Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Correspondent, Haaretz, on the subject of Ambassador Ioanid’s book – The Holocaust in Romania and The Ransom of the Jews: The Story of the Extraordinary Secret Bargain Between Romania and Israel.
 
In memory of Dr. Leon Volovici, historian and literary critic, and Director Radu Gabrea, longtime friends of the Jerusalem Cinematheque-Israel Film Archive.
 
Kindly supported by the Romanian Embassy in Israel and the Romanian Cultural Institute.

 

Romania 2013 | 71 minutes | Romanian | Hebrew subtitles

Based on documents and astonishing testimonials, this film reveals the incredible story of sale of the Jews of Romania to the State of Israel, from WW2 until 1989, reaching its climax during the reign of Nicoale Ceauşescu. The morale of this unknown story is simple: as uncomfortable as it looks, it is much better to buy and liberate a slave rather than to sell it.

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