The Mystery of the Black Book
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In October 1947, the "Black Book" was to be published in Moscow - a collection of testimonies and articles about the murder of two million and seven hundred thousand Jews under Nazi occupation in the Soviet Union. The book was shelved by the authorities. As if the Holocaust of Soviet Jews had never occurred at all. Why did Stalin decide to hide the solid and documented evidence of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union?
Credits
Director
Boris Maftsir
Production
Zvi Shefy
Involved TV Channel
Kan the Israeli Public Broadcast Corporation (IPBC)
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Michael Treves for JMT Films Distribution
Festival Handling
Michael Treves for JMT Films Distribution
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70
Spoken languages
Russian
English
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IDFA history
2019