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2012

Besa: The Promise

Directed by Rachel Goslins

A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help the son of an Albanian baker that housed a Jewish family for a year return some Hebrew books that the family had to leave behind.

Duration

1h 26m

Released

July 19, 2012

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  • Norman H. Gershman
  • Rexhep Hoxha

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