Besa: The Promise (2012)

1h 26m
Running Time

July 19, 2012
Release Date

Besa: The Promise (2012)

1h 26m
Running Time

July 19, 2012
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Release Date
July 19, 2012

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Released

Running Time
1h 26m

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world war ii
muslim
holocaust
jew persecution
albania
promise
gratitude

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Besa: The Promise is a documentary film, produced by JWM Productions and directed by Rachel Goslins.

The film follows Norman H. Gershman, an American photographer as he travels to Albania, a mostly Muslim country, interviewing and photographing families who rescued Jews during World War II. Along the way Gershman meets Rexhep Hoxha, a Muslim shopkeeper. Rexhep seeks to fulfill a promise made by his father to the Jewish family they sheltered during Nazi occupation. With Gershman's help, Rexhep embarks on a journey across cultural and religious divides to return a set of mysterious books written in Hebrew to the original owners. On his quest, Rexhep discovers the unknown story of his father's astonishing act of bravery and selflessness.

Filmed in Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, and the United States, more than twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with survivors, rescuers and other witnesses. The film is based on Norman's photo series and book, Besa, Muslims Who Saved Jews in WWII.

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