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What are some movies based on the Holocaust?

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See Related Links for a full list on Wikipedia. Here is a list of my personal favorites.

* indicates it is a true story.

  • The Pianist* - 2002 - R - The life of a Polish-Jewish pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman and his struggle to survive.
  • Defiance* - 2008 - R - Four Jewish brothers (and partisans) hide in the forest and end up saving over a thousand people with them.
  • Schindler's List* - 1993 - R - A Catholic Nazi saves the lives of over 1,200 Jews while employing them in his factory.
  • Life is Beautiful - 1997 - PG-13 - A Jewish man uses his humor to win the heart of an already-wed woman, and uses that same humor to keep his son's hope alive in a concentration camp.
  • The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler* - 2009 - 16 - This Hallmark film is about a Polish-Catholic social worker smuggles 2,500 Jews out of the Warsaw Ghetto.
  • The Hiding Place* - 1975 - PG - A Christian woman hide Jews in her bedroom wall and later uses her faith to survive the concentration camp Ravensbruck.
  • The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - 2008 - PG-13 - A young German boy, the son of a Nazi commandant, befriends a Jewish boy in a concentration camp.
  • Edges of the Lord - 2001 - R - A blond-hair blue-eyed Jewish boy is sent to live with Polish-Catholic farmers.
  • The Relief of Belsen* - 2007 - 16 - Bergen-Belsen was the first concentration-camp to be liberated by the western Allies. It is one of the biggest medical relief's in history. This movie includes real footage and facts.
  • The Grey Zone* - 2001 - R - A Nazi doctor, along with the Sondorkommando of Auschwitz, plan a revolt.
  • Escape From Sobibor* - 1987 - 16 - The biggest escape in a Nazi death camp, Sobibor is profiled in this made-for-TV movie.
  • Jakob the Liar - 1999 - PG-13 - In a ghetto, a Jewish man spreads believable rumors about Allies nearing through a so-called "Secret radio".
  • Band of Brothers: Episode 9 "Why We Fight"* - 2001 - R - The ninth episode of Band of Brothers profiles Easy Company liberating Kaufering IV, a Dachau sub-camp.
  • Anne Frank: The Whole Story* - 2001 - PG - A Jewish girl writes a diary about her life while in hiding from the Nazis.
  • Prisoner of Paradise - 2003 - N/A - Profiles Kurt Gerron, an actor sent to a concentration camp and who is forced to make a Propaganda video about the camp.
  • Island on Bird Street - 1997 - PG-13 - An 11 year-old Jewish boy hides in a ghetto after his relatives are shipped to concentration camps.
  • Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace - 2001 - PG - Profiles Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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