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Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer OM (German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃvaɪtsɐ] ⓘ; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German and French polymath from Alsace.He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.
Born November 22, 1881, as Margit Schweitzer, she was deported on September 16, 1942 from Frankfurt am Main to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp where she was murdered in 1943. by the Nazis on Transport XII/3, no. 474 (September 16, 1942, Frankfurt am Main -> Terezín) [1] [2]
It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer (French: Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer) is a 1952 French biographical drama film directed by André Haguet and starring Pierre Fresnay, Raymond Rouleau and Jean Debucourt. [1] The film was adapted from a play of the same title by Gilbert Cesbron based on the life of Albert Schweitzer. [2]
A World War II veteran reunited with a Holocaust survivor whom he freed from a Nazi death camp 71 years ago, and the incredible moment was captured on camera. ... In the video, Shafner and Levy ...
Michael Berenbaum, project director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum described the movie as "a substantive piece of work" but "watching it is like sitting in a dentist's chair where the drill begins at the first moment and doesn't let up till the end of the two hours.
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport is a 2000 documentary film about the British rescue operation known as the Kindertransport, which saved the lives of over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Danzig by transporting them via train, boat, and plane to Great Britain.
Reverence for Life: Albert Schweitzer's Great Contribution to Ethical Thought. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 978-0-19-532955-1. Albert Schweitzer (1961). The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization. Unwin Books. Albert Schweitzer (1966). The Teaching of Reverence for Life. Peter Owen Limited. James Brabazon (2000). Albert Schweitzer, A ...
The film tells the stories of five Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust (also known as the Shoah), focusing on the last year of World War II, when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary and began mass deportations of Jews in the country to concentration and extermination camps, primarily Auschwitz. It depicts the horrors of life in the camps, but also ...