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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Documentary Covers Filming of The Children's War'
By HERBERT LUFT
(Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD — Halina
Markowicz, an internation-
ally recognized producer of
documentary films, is mak-
ing a 16mm picture, "To
Remember," which deals
with the behind-the-scene
efforts during production of
Jack Eisner's "The Chil-
dren's War." The filming
began in Hungary and con-
tinued at the site of the
former Auschwitz camp in
Poland.
Her film about the film
goes to the background of
the story and to the
Holocaust era, opening with
old newsreel shots of the
Warsaw Ghetto and stills of
Jewish youth who formed a
smuggling and fighting
ring. The Story of their lives
is told by one who survived,
Jacek, today the mature
Jack Eisner.
Ms Markowicz's camera
shows contemporary War-
saw and its Jewish monu-
ment constrasted by old
Yeshiva Degrees
NEW YORK — With the
conferral of 1,371 academic
degrees and diplomas at its
four commencement exer-
cises in June and August,
Yeshiva University and its
affiliates have awarded a
grand total of 25,272 de-
grees and diplomas since
the institution began
awarding degrees in 1908.
Yeshiva University, now
in its 98th year, is Ameri-
ca's oldest and largest uni-
versity under Jewish au-
spices. The university, com-
prising four academic cen-
ters in Manhattan and the
Bronx and affiliated cam-
puses in Los Angeles and Is-
rael, has an enrollment of
some 7,000 men and wo-
men, a faculty of 1,200, and
an operating budget of more
than $150 million.
1 300 Neo-Nazis
,
BONN — West German
Minister of Justice Hans
Engelhard told a Bnai Brith
delegation from the U.S. re-
cently that West Germany
has 1,050 neo-Nazis active
in organized groups and an
additional 250 who act
alone.
He said the great major-
ity of Germans are "im-
mune from this insanity.
Engelhard said officials
were still concerned by this
relatively small group be-
cause of their potential for
violence. In 1982, right-
wing extremists committed
64 violent crimes in West
Germany, including six
murders, five bombings, 15
arsons, four robberies, 11
assaults and 23 cases of
property destruction.
Joint Projects
BONN — In the 19 years
since West Germany signed
its first scientific coopera-
tion agreement with Israel,
the country has spent 120
million Marks ($30 million)
on joint scientific projects.
Theodosia Goodman be-
came famous as Theda
Bara.
newsreel footage of the
Ghetto during the Nazi oc-
cupation. We follow the
footsteps of Jacek 40 years
later and visit with him the
cemetery in Warsaw, the
rebuilt synagogue, and stop
at the memorial site for the
Ghetto fighters.'
friends who vanished in
the Holocaust, the screen
reveals the survivors
commemorating the an-
niversary of the Ghetto
uprising, to end with the
faces of Israeli youth who
are at hand at the com-
memoration services.
Through a quick mon-
tage of stills showing
Jacek's childhood
The documentary shows
Israeli director Moshe Miz-
rahi at work on location in
Diamonds Cost Less Here Period!
the Hungarian capital, re-
vealing his sensitive handl-
ing of the young actors and
his relationship with them
while they establish them-
selves before the cameras.
Ms. Markowicz, in the
film, interviews the indi-
vidual crew members to
delve into their personal
reasons for being connected
with this movie.
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