Documentary “The Jews of Corfu” • 20241015

October 15, 2024 — Watch free online the full documentary “The Jews of Corfu” – a film by Mirjan Gjergjevica & Maria Boua (1) .

Documentary “The Jews of Corfu” – a film by Mirjan Gjergjevica & Maria Boua

The Jews of Corfu – Review

The Jews of Corfu – a population group that was an important part of the island, contributed to the formation of its history. But the tragic events that befell them were added to the black page of human history.
The film The Jews of Corfu (2021) is a powerful documentary by Mirjan Gjergjevica (direction, cinematography, editing, production) & Maria Boua (script, music, sound, production) with narration by Yannis Andriotis and stories told by Zaharias Matathias • Linos Sousis • Nina Vital.
Powerful — both visually and the sound — filmed in an innovative way, combining ambient sound and stories told outdoors with the Mediterranean background, in public spaces, the streets, and Corfu synagogue – with an excellent film score – that is especially impressive how it manages to accompany the viewer in scenes of holocaust atrocities.
The history of the Corfiot Jews – a mixture of Pugliese (from south Italy) and Romaniote (from Greece) is told in vivid detail from the Middle Ages to today.
I watched this fast paced film twice, last premiere weekend, to fully grasp the whole picture ~ Michel van der Burg – Monday , March 14, 2022 (2).

Film festivals & education & online

The free public release of the film was announced last Saturday (Oct 12, 2024) by filmmaker Mirjan Gjergjevica (3) :

“It is with great pleasure and honor that we present to public our documentary, The Jews of Corfu. This work has been screened in many festivals around the world, from America to Australia, and has been lovingly embraced by schools and universities. Now, we are happy to share this freely with you all.
I warmly thank all the main contributors who contributed to the realization of this documentary: Maria Boua, Christiana Latsa, Yiannis Andriotis, Anthi Kyrtsoglou, Giorgos Zumbos and all those who helped directly or indirectly.
We hope this documentary continues to convey its message to even more people and be a way to learn about the history of the Jews of Corfu.”

Mirjan added in an update Oct 13, 2024 :

“We would like to clarify that the present publication of the documentary is not related to the recent war events that are taking place. We condemn all forms of violence and conflict, and we strongly advocate peace and reconciliation among the peoples. “

The Jews of Corfu Poster • Link facebook page The Jews of Corfu Documentary – https://www.facebook.com/thejewsofcorfudoc

Notes

1. Documentary “The Jews of Corfu”, 2021.

Directed by: Mirjan Gjergjevica (MirjanFilms)
Music: Maria Boua
Interviews: Anthi Kyrtsoglou
Story: Yiannis Andriotis
Historical Archive Research: Maria Boua, Christiana Latsa, Giorgos Zumbos. Production: Maria Boua, Mirjan Films @2021
Premiere: The film premiered at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in Greece — March 10-20 , 2022
YouTube premiere Oct 12, 2024 – URL https://youtu.be/wjn7MziqJp4

2. Review The Jews of Corfu • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • 20220314 • URL https://michelvanderburg.com/2022/03/14/review-the-jews-of-corfu/

3. The Jews of Corfu Documentary. Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/thejewsofcorfudoc

4. The Jews of Corfu – trailer

The Jews of Corfu – trailer

5. More info : The Jews of Corfu: A Documentary About a Forgotten Community for Centuries. (May 4, 2022) Christos Paridis. URL https://en.kis.gr/index.php/koinotites/kerkyras/kerkira-eideisis/2022-05-04-09-48-09

Citation info : Documentary “The Jews of Corfu” • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • 20241015 • URL michelvanderburg•com

Moonlight Serenade War Radio 1944 by Major Glenn Miller’s A.E.F. Band & Ilse Weinberger | 20240203

Moonlight Serenade in 1944, by Glenn Miller’s Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (the A.E.F. Band ), announced by German speaking “Ilse Weinberger” (pseudonym for Gloria Wagner) in a Musik für die Wehrmacht (Music for the Wehrmacht) European radio propaganda broadcast. Remastered edition.
Citation info : Moonlight Serenade War Radio 1944 by Major Glenn Miller’s A.E.F. Band & Ilse Weinberger | 20240203 | Miracles•Media | | TakeNode 0205faad-7d9b-4807-860b-aff2627b943c

In the Mood | Major Glenn Miller’s Band | European Radio Propaganda 1944, Ilse Weinberger | 20240202

‘Entartete Art’ 1935 – Coleman Hawkins & Leo de la Fuente in Holland | 20231123

‘Entartete Art’ 1935 – Coleman Hawkins & Leo de la Fuente in Holland

American saxophonist Coleman Hawkins announces and plays – accompanied by Leo de la Fuente on piano – on his tenor saxophone ‘I wished that I were twins’.

In 1934, Coleman Hawkins left the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra and Amerika, moved to Europe, and joined the Jack Hylton Orchestra in England. Hylton and his band made regular ‘continental’ tours, and started another European tour January 1935 accompanied by Coleman Hawkins in Holland. At the end of January 1935 Hawkins joins the dutch band The Rambers … for 8 days … because Hawkins was denied entry to Germany because of his race, while Hylton and his band continued their tour without him and play for eight days at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall.

To end this special week with Hawkins well, the bandleader of The Ramblers – Theo Uden Masman – arranged with Decca for recordings 4 february 1935 in Pulchri Studio in The Hague, Holland, including this : I wish I were twins…that was also recorded on film by Polygoon (Polygoontoon) for the dutch cinema news for next week .

Coleman Hawkins is accomponied here on film by the dutch jazz pioneer Leo de la Fuente on piano , playing ‘I wished that I were twins’ . After the recordings, Hawkins moves further into Europe.

Leo – Leonard Henriques – de la Fuente, who was born Jewish in Amsterdam 28 March 1902, was deported by the nazi’s to Auschwitz on 2 November 1942, and died 30 April 1944 ‘somewhere in Mid Europe’.

References

About Leonard Henriques de la Fuente, his wife Hendrika de Vries and his daughters Benvenida and Mietje. Joods Monument. URL https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/680262/about-leonard-henriques-de-la-fuente-his-wife-hendrika-de-vries-and

Biografie Leo de la Fuente. Muziekencyclopedie.nl | Beeld & Geluid. URL https://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Leo+de+la+Fuente

The Hawk in Holland. Jacky de Vries. Theater Sentiment – De verhalen over de artiesten van weleer – Jaargang 3 Nummer 4. URL https://theatersentiment.nl/the-hawk-in-holland/

Jack Hylton 1892-1965. Abaigh McKee. Politics & Propaganda | Music and the Holocaust | URL https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/politics-and-propaganda/jack-hylton/

Film edited from source (video footage) : Polygoon Hollands Nieuws (Polygoontoon, producer) dutch cinema news reel week 7 , 1935 | Sound & Vision (Open Images)

Citation : ‘Entartete Art’ 1935 – Coleman Hawkins & Leo de la Fuente in Holland | 20231123 | Settela•Com | ISSN 2949-9313 | TakeNode 4f388407-5ccc-4816-aef6-6064fcee35b2

TAGS #Coleman #Hawkins #Leo #Fuente #music #jazz #Entartete #art #Europe #tour #tournee #Berlin #Germany #tenor #sax #saxophon #saxofoon #interbellum #Hawk #Holland #The #Hague #Pulchri #Studio #Netherlands #Decca #art #black #Jew #racism #diversity #nazi #politics #propaganda #holocaust #Polygoon #Polygoontoon #film #cinema #news #theater #band #pioneer #bandleader #Entartete #Kunst #degenerate #art #Jack #Hylton #orchestra #twins #Sound #Vision #broadcast #performance #history #England #1Memo #michelvanderburg #MiraclesMedia #SettelaCom

Tulips of blooming life and survival in Holland | 20231103

Excellent, to see the video work Tulip Bulbs War Food Holland 1944-1945 (Ref. 1) helping the ARTE European public service channel broadcasting next week all over Europe an excellent documentary about the cultural legacy of tulips in Holland , featured in the daily French/German TV show ‘Invitation au Voyage / Stadt Land Kunst.’

The French (FR) edition ‘Aux Pays-Bas, les tulipes de la prospérité’ is broadcast on Arte Tuesday 7 Nov. 2023 at 17:20 , and 8 Nov. at 8:40.
The German (DE) edition ‘In den Niederlanden: Blühender Wohlstand’ 7 Nov. 2023 at 13:25 and 8 Nov. at 08:10 .

The documentary is an Arte & Elephant Doc coproduction , directed by Anna-Gaëlle Brault.
In collaboration with Victoria Dehaut, documentalist, researcher (Elephant Adventures).

ARTE is a channel specialized in culture and known for its quality documentaries.

Arte.tv is streaming the docu online from 31/10/2023 to 05/01/2024 (Ref. 2, 3)

References

2. Invitation au voyage (FR) | URL https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/109358-172-A/invitation-au-voyage/

3. Stadt Land Kunst (DE) | URL https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/109358-172-A/stadt-land-kunst/

Citation : Tulips of blooming life and survival in Holland | 20231103 | @michelvanderburg | Miracles•Media

TAGS #tulip #bulb #war #food #Holland #French #German #daily #TV #show #channel #Invitation #Voyage #Stadt #Land #Kunst #documentary #report #footage #Arte #broadcast #Elephant #Doc #coproduction #Europe #culture #share #collaboration #Hongerwinter #hunger #winter #portfolio #video #footage #SettelaCom #MiraclesMedia #1Memo #michelvanderburg

French Refugees October 1918 in Holland | 20231031

Silent film — Towards the end of World War I – in the summer 1918 , after the Allies defeated the Germans in the Second Battle of the Marne – large groups of Belgians and French refugees flee in front of the retreating enemy force to the neutral Netherlands.

The Dutch army and Red Cross prepared to receive a possible 100,000 evacuees in the border towns in the south of the Netherlands.

After wandering weeks in the north of France , and next crossing Belgium on foot, the first group of French refugees arrived at the Dutch border October 20, completely exhausted.

At the gate in the electric wire fence at the border to the Netherlands – the so-called ‘Death Wire’ (dutch : Dodendraad ) Dutch soldiers took them over from German escorts.

Some refugees had travelled by tram part of the route crossing Belgium to the belgian border town Molenbeersel.

At the dutch border the refugees were welcomed and ladies from relief committees provide the refugees with food and drinks on the road to Stramproy in the Netherlands.

Within days , thousands of French refugees arrive in the village of Stramproy and are transferred to the city of Weert .

On arrival in the city center of Weert the dutch army registered people and handed out soup and bread.

The weak, the sick, and maternity women were cared for by the Red Cross and taken to an aid post for further care.

The refugees were sheltered the night in buildings like convents and schools in Weert, before being housed elsewhere in the country the following days.

References

Source (video footage) : Belgische vluchtelingen 1e Wereldoorlog. Open Images | Beeld & Geluid (Sound &Vision).

Weert en het einde van W.O.-I. | Jan Henkens | Stichting Historisch Onderzoek Weert | URL http://www.showeert.nl

Noord-Franse vluchtelingen in Weert 1918 in Den Grooten Oorlog | Grevenbroekmuseum vzw | URL https://www.grevenbroekmuseum.be

Citation : French Refugees October 1918 in Holland | 20231031 | Settela•Com | ISSN 2949-9313 | TakeNode bf10307b-fc98-4d67-ad22-82ef8cb3fddd

TAGS #french #refugee #train #tram #steam #horse #woman #WorldWarI #WW1 #Weert #Molenbeersel #Stramproy #Germany #France #Belgium #Netherlands #Holland #Europe #border #electric #wire #Dodendraad #death #war #peace #fence #shelter #flag #flight #evacuation #Red #Cross #army #help #welcome #food #drink #soup #jenever #walk #battle #Marne #1Memo #michelvanderburg #MiraclesMedia #SettelaCom

Samudaripen – Genocide of the Gypsies – Claire Auzias

The French author, historian and libertarian, Claire Auzias researches social movements, women’s history and Roma’s history (1). She has written several works on the Roma’s history in the last 20 years. Samudaripen, the Genocide of the Gypsies, first appeared in 1999/2000 (2,3), and is now followed by the 3rd edition (4) published by L’Esprit Frappeur (Paris).
In her book Samudaripen, Claire Auzias sheds light on this poorly documented genocide in the III Reich , Eastern Europe, and Western Europe. This entirely revised 3rd edition now includes two new chapters — one on Switzerland by Claire Auzias, and one on The Netherlands by Erik Van Den Muijzenberg. Claire Auzias , in her foreword (5) : “…the patient discovery of the identity of an anonymous icon of the deportation, in the guise of a Dutch Sinti girl, made the chapter on the Netherlands obligatory, at least for those of the French gypsies who do not read foreign languages.”

Notes

1 – Dr Claire Auzias Researcher Associate At Socius. URL https://socius.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/cv_membros/ClaireAuzias_CV_ING_Setembro2011.pdf

2 – Claire Auzias interview (2009) “Samudaripen” – Un entretien avec Claire Auzias, auteure du livre “Samudaripen, le génocide des Tziganes” aux éditions L’Esprit frappeur. Réalisé fin octobre 2009 par Bruno Boudiguet pour Télé Liberté / Le Cobaye international . Dailymotion URL https://dai.ly/xb9lah

3 – Jean-Jacques Gandini (2000) Samudaripen, le génocide des Tsiganes | Claire Auzias – L’Esprit frappeur, Paris, 2000. Le Monde diplomatique , Oct 2000 . URL https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2000/10/GANDINI/2512

4 – Claire Auzias (2022) Samudaripen, le génocide des Tsiganes (Samudaripen, the Genocide of the Gypsies), Paris, L’Esprit Frappeur (3nd edition 2022) ISBN 978-2-85103-051-1 | URL https://livrelibre.fr/categorie/livres/editeurs/esprit-frappeur/

5 – Claire Auzias (2022) Samudaripen, le génocide des Tsiganes (Samudaripen, the Genocide of the Gypsies), Paris, L’Esprit Frappeur (3nd edition 2022) ISBN 978-2-85103-051-1 | Avant Propos : “…la découverte patiente de l’identité d’une icône anonyme de la déportation, sous les traits d’une fillette sinti hollandaise, rendait obligatoire le chapitre sur les Pays-Bas, a minima à l’attention de ceux des Tsiganes français qui ne lisent pas les langues étrangères.”

License info :
Samudaripen – Genocide of the Gypsies – Claire Auzias | 20221210 | Settela•Com

TakeNode 794567ca-5db5-4945-8ffd-84949ec736ef

TAGS #ClaireAuzias #France #Netherlands #Europe #IIIReich #nazi #genocide #zigeuner #Tsigane #Gypsy #Roma #Sinti #Samudaripen #Settela #book #Esprit #Frappeur #Rom #Manouche #Roma #Sinti #Holocaust #Porajmos #Porrajmos #1Memo #SettelaCom #michelvanderburg