On the background of the story of his parents and relatives, who were betrayed by neighbors, International Emmy Award Filmmaker Willy Lindwer investigates the complicity of ordinary Dutch citizens in the deportation of 100,000 Jews to the Nazi death camps during the Second World War. Goodbye Holland also adds a shocking dimension to the resurgence of Anti-Semitism in modern Europe. The massacre of Dutch Jews during the Second World War resulted not just from the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, but also from the zeal with which Dutch officials rounded up and deported Jews, aided by a legion of collaborators. In a moving personal exploration of the scale of this betrayal, Lindwer shatters the myth of Dutch tolerance in the past.


Goodbye Holland

(Doc., 90 min., DVD/BETA, 2004)

Written & Directed by: International Emmy Award Winner Willy Lindwer
Produced by: Willy Lindwer – Terra Film Productions
Co-produced by: NCRV-The Netherlands, VRT-Belgium, Israel’s 2nd Channel and Cobo Fonds, The Netherlands

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On the background of the story of his parents and relatives, who were betrayed by neighbors, International Emmy Award Filmmaker Willy Lindwer investigates the complicity of ordinary Dutch citizens in the deportation of 100,000 Jews to the Nazi death camps during the Second World War. Goodbye Holland also adds a shocking dimension to the resurgence of Anti-Semitism in modern Europe. The massacre of Dutch Jews during the Second World War resulted not just from the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, but also from the zeal with which Dutch officials rounded up and deported Jews, aided by a legion of collaborators. In a moving personal exploration of the...

Festivals

  • Maryland Jewish Museum, USA, 2006
  • Jewish Community Centers of Chicago, USA, 2006
  • Temple Sinai, Canada, 2006
  • Allentown Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2006

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  • Click here for Full Review at Veriety.com

Festivals

  • Maryland Jewish Museum, USA, 2006
  • Jewish Community Centers of Chicago, USA, 2006
  • Temple Sinai, Canada, 2006
  • Allentown Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2006
  • Aitz Ha'hayim Center for Jewish Living, USA
  • Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 2006
  • New York Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2006
  • Austin Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2006
  • Festival of Jewish Cinema – Sydney & Melbourne, Australia, 2005
  • Festival of Jewish Cinema – Melbourne & Sydney, Australia, 2005
  • Brandeis Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2005

Educational

  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum