{"id":20663,"date":"2025-04-24T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=20663"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:11:44","slug":"two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, two new films have been released that explore lesser-known aspects of the Holocaust. One will be screened this evening at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, the other was recently broadcast on Channel 13. Together, they present deeply human stories and bring back into public consciousness narratives that had long been overlooked.<\/p>\n

Sleeping with the SS<\/strong>
\nThe first film, Sleeping with the SS<\/em>, is a docudrama by Prof. Rami Kimchi of the School of Communication at Ariel University. It tells the story of three Jewish families from Greece who fled Nazi terror and found shelter in a remote village. When German forces take control of the village, SS officers choose to establish their headquarters inside the very house where the families are hiding. The Jews are forced to disguise themselves as Christians and live under the same roof as their enemies.<\/p>\n

\"\"
From the film “The Grave Hunter” | Photo: Yochay Rosenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The film is told from the perspective of Ziko, a Jewish orphan from Thessaloniki, and blends documentary storytelling with dramatic elements.
\n\u201cI wanted to connect the personal with the historical,\u201d said Kimchi. \u201cI\u2019m proud that this is the first Holocaust film focused on the Greek periphery. It carries an optimistic tone, even though it\u2019s a Holocaust story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"
From the film “The Grave Hunter” | Photo: Yochay Rosenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Grave Hunter<\/strong>
\nThe second film, The Grave Hunter<\/em>, directed by Yochay Rosenberg, aired yesterday. It follows Meir Bulkah, a resident of Samaria, on a journey to trace his roots in Poland. There he discovered that his family\u2019s graves had been desecrated and the cemetery transformed into a dog park. The film documents his ten-year battle to restore the dignity of the deceased and rehabilitate the site.<\/p>\n

Both films were produced with the support of the Samaria Film Fund, which promotes independent Jewish and cultural filmmaking. Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council and chairman of the Film Fund, commented:
\n\u201cSleeping with the SS<\/em> is not just another film\u2014it is the cry of a community that has been pushed out of national memory. We have a mission to bring stories from the margins to the center of awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cSleeping with the SS\u201d by Prof. Rami Kimchi tells the story of Jewish families forced to share their home with Nazi officers. \u201cThe Grave Hunter\u201d by Yochay Rosenberg follows Meir Bulkah\u2019s journey to uncover desecrated graves in Poland. Both films were supported by the Samaria Film Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,88],"tags":[4704,4705,3792,4688,4701,3708,4702,4700,4698,4697,4706,4703,4699],"class_list":["post-20663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judaism","category-will-remember","tag-ariel-university","tag-channel-13-israel","tag-cinema","tag-film","tag-greek-holocaust-survivors","tag-holocaust-remembrance","tag-jewish-heritage-preservation","tag-meir-bulkah","tag-rami-kimchi","tag-samaria-film-fund","tag-tel-aviv-cinematheque","tag-thessaloniki","tag-yochay-rosenberg"],"yoast_head":"\nTwo Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cSleeping with the SS\u201d by Prof. Rami Kimchi tells the story of Jewish families forced to share their home with Nazi officers. \u201cThe Grave Hunter\u201d by Yochay Rosenberg follows Meir Bulkah\u2019s journey to uncover desecrated graves in Poland. Both films were supported by the Samaria Film Fund.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-24T10:00:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Rega News Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3f9b86ab4cc807acf1c0839b1f1ac2ce\"},\"headline\":\"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-24T10:00:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/\"},\"wordCount\":384,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Ariel University\",\"Channel 13 Israel\",\"Cinema\",\"film\",\"Greek Holocaust survivors\",\"Holocaust Remembrance\",\"Jewish heritage preservation\",\"Meir Bulkah\",\"Rami Kimchi\",\"Samaria Film Fund\",\"Tel Aviv Cinematheque\",\"Thessaloniki\",\"Yochay Rosenberg\"],\"articleSection\":[\"JUDAISM\",\"REMEMBERING\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/\",\"name\":\"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History - REGA news\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-24T10:00:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp\",\"width\":768,\"height\":405,\"caption\":\"From the film \\\"Sleeping with the SS\\\" | Photo credit: Yoav Kosh\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/\",\"name\":\"REGA news\",\"description\":\"Get used to hearing well\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"REGA news\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ega.news-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ega.news-logo.svg\",\"width\":228.4,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"REGA news\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3f9b86ab4cc807acf1c0839b1f1ac2ce\",\"name\":\"By Rega News Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25250c8c3d1d34385fa41965bfcb445b6d59a9fc6ae46a480a8bac49eb507d67?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25250c8c3d1d34385fa41965bfcb445b6d59a9fc6ae46a480a8bac49eb507d67?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"By Rega News Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/author\/inonfar\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History - REGA news","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History","og_description":"\u201cSleeping with the SS\u201d by Prof. Rami Kimchi tells the story of Jewish families forced to share their home with Nazi officers. \u201cThe Grave Hunter\u201d by Yochay Rosenberg follows Meir Bulkah\u2019s journey to uncover desecrated graves in Poland. Both films were supported by the Samaria Film Fund.","og_url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/","og_site_name":"REGA news","article_published_time":"2025-04-24T10:00:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":405,"url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"By Rega News Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"By Rega News Staff","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/"},"author":{"name":"By Rega News Staff","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3f9b86ab4cc807acf1c0839b1f1ac2ce"},"headline":"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History","datePublished":"2025-04-24T10:00:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/"},"wordCount":384,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp","keywords":["Ariel University","Channel 13 Israel","Cinema","film","Greek Holocaust survivors","Holocaust Remembrance","Jewish heritage preservation","Meir Bulkah","Rami Kimchi","Samaria Film Fund","Tel Aviv Cinematheque","Thessaloniki","Yochay Rosenberg"],"articleSection":["JUDAISM","REMEMBERING"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/","name":"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History - REGA news","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp","datePublished":"2025-04-24T10:00:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shoah1-4.webp","width":768,"height":405,"caption":"From the film \"Sleeping with the SS\" | Photo credit: Yoav Kosh"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-holocaust-films-unearth-stories-lost-to-history\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two Holocaust Films Unearth Stories Lost to History"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/","name":"REGA news","description":"Get used to hearing well","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization","name":"REGA news","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ega.news-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ega.news-logo.svg","width":228.4,"height":96,"caption":"REGA news"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3f9b86ab4cc807acf1c0839b1f1ac2ce","name":"By Rega News Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25250c8c3d1d34385fa41965bfcb445b6d59a9fc6ae46a480a8bac49eb507d67?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25250c8c3d1d34385fa41965bfcb445b6d59a9fc6ae46a480a8bac49eb507d67?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"By Rega News Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/author\/inonfar\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20668,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20663\/revisions\/20668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}