BESA: The Promise

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BESA: The Promise

An American photographer determined to record the bravery and compassion of Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.

An Albanian Muslim who must fulfill a promise his father made to the Jewish family they sheltered.

Their meeting sets in motion an extraordinary and unexpected drama that bridges generations and religions... uniting fathers and sons... Muslims and Jews.

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“We didn’t know their language, they didn’t know ours …but they knew enough to ask us as Jews to come.” ~ Fritzi Weitzman Owens on being rescued in Albania during the Holocaust

    Fritzi on Flickr.

    “We didn’t know their language, they didn’t know ours …but they knew enough to ask us as Jews to come.”

    ~ Fritzi Weitzman Owens on being rescued in Albania during the Holocaust

    Tagged: Albania Muslim Jew Holocaust documentary interfaith

    Posted on June 5, 2012 with 3 notes ()

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