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Dir. Michael Verhoeven to Be Presented with
1st SJFF REEL Difference Award
HUMAN FAILURE | Menschliches Versagen
Thursday, March 18, 7:00 PM at
Director(s): Michael Verhoeven
Country: United States
Year: 2008
Length: 91 MINUTES
Format: DigiBeta | Documentary
Language: German w/subtitles
Special Guest(s) Information: Dr. Michael Verhoeven, Director and Recipient of the 2010 1st SJFF REEL Difference Award
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About the Film
The expropriation of assets from German Jews during the Third Reich benefited virtually every German citizen. It was not the Gestapo who invaded Jewish residences in order to confiscate all property, from bank accounts to the last shirt, it was the German tax officials. A bizarre competition evolved between bureaucrats as to how to organize the robbery of the Jews before they were expelled, or sent to their deaths. Larger assets went to the tax offices, and the smaller assets and goods were sold to friends and neighbors in public auctions of "Non-Aryan" property. Many of the documents proving this expropriation were lost or destroyed; the ones that remained were hidden away. Special Guest: Director Michael Verhoeven will be presented with SJFFs 1st Reel Difference Award, created by Roger Nachman Glassworks.Plays with: I Saw a Mountain (short).
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PRINT SOURCE: Menemsha Films
WEBSITE: http://www.menemshafilms.com
ADDRESS:
213 Rose Avenue, 2nd FloorVenice, 90291, CA, USA
PHONE: 310.452.1775
FAX: 310.452.3740
CONTACT:
Neil Friedman, neilf@menemshafilms.comFILMS: Toots, The Rape of Europa, SAVIORS IN THE NIGHT | Unter Bauern, MATTER OF SIZE | Sippur Gadol, HUMAN FAILURE | Menschliches Versagen, Anita, Matchmaker, The | Once I Was, Nora's Will | Cinco Dias Sin Nora, Round Up, The | La Rafle, Nicky's Family, Restoration | Boker Tov Adon Fidelman
Sponsors
Ronnie S. Stangler, M.D. and Roger Nachman Glassworks
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