holocaust survivors against genocide at protest for Gaza London 2024. Along with the Jewish Bloc, they have been on every march for Palestine since October 2023
JVL Introduction
We are delighted to share this new, 26 minute documentary by Helena Aksentijevic with you. “Gaza it Rhymes With Me” – Holocaust Survivors and Descendants against the Genocide provides moving and valuable information through interviews with some of the members of the group which attends every march and other events supporting Palestine in London. In the documentary, they are filmed both on the streets of London, participating in marches and engaging with the public, and also talk about their families’ histories, either as Holocaust survivors or as descendants of survivors.
Featuring:
Mark Etkind: Mark is the son of a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto and various concentration camps including Buchenwald and co-organiser of ‘Holocaust survivors and descendants against the Gaza genocide’
Stephen Kapos: Stephen, architect, artist and activist, is a child survivor of the Holocaust. During the Siege of Budapest, when Stephen was seven, he found himself without his family, moving from hiding place to hiding place on false papers.
Prof. Haim Bresheeth-Zabner: Haim is a filmmaker, photographer and author, who has published extensively on cinematic history and Palestine. Haim has been a political activist for over 50 years. Haim was recently arrested under the Terrorism act after speaking at a pro-Palestine event, but later charges were dropped.
Dr. Agnes Kory: Agnes founded the Bela Bartok Center for Musicianship in London. She is a teacher, performer and researcher in historical musicology. When Agnes was born in Budapest, in 1944, her father was in Mauthausen Concentration camp, and her mother was in hiding on false papers.
Directed by: Helena Aksentijevic: Helena is a filmmaker and photographer. ‘Gaza, it Rhymes With Me’, is one of a series of documentary films about people who support the Palestinian people’s right to a homeland, the right to return to their ancestral lands and live lives free from occupation, oppression, apartheid and genocide
A measured and moving film. Every new day brings more heroes to our attention. I only wish I possessed their remarkabnle restraint.
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Great docu and enormous respect for the survivors and their descendants of still having the energy and courage to keep on speaking up, despite what they have been through.
Why are not ALL people marching on the street against the criminal politicians ??? Where is humanity?
Keep speaking up everybody, we will not be silence anymore, like during the covid hoax
A measured and moving film. Every new day brings more heroes to our attention. I only wish I possessed their remarkabnle restraint.
Thank you for producing this film.
Great docu and enormous respect for the survivors and their descendants of still having the energy and courage to keep on speaking up, despite what they have been through.
Why are not ALL people marching on the street against the criminal politicians ??? Where is humanity?
Keep speaking up everybody, we will not be silence anymore, like during the covid hoax