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Besa: The Promise

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.

2012 |1h 26m |  Documentary

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Cast

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Norman H. Gershman

himself

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Rexhep Hoxha

himself

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Status

Released

Language

Albanian, English, Hebrew

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