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Beth Hachajim – Haus des Lebens

Name: Beth Hachajim – Haus des Lebens
Director: Jens Huckeriede
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1994-01-01
Duration: 57 min
Cast: Peter Weis, Norbert Friedländer, Nathan Peter Levinson, Miriam Gillis-Carlebach

19940h 57mDirected by Jens Huckeriede

In April 1992, ultra-orthodox Jews of the Athra-Kadisha came to Hamburg to demonstrate against the final destruction of the Jewish cemetery. The cemetery, where bones still lie, was to be built on with a shopping centre. The film shows the history of this Jewish cemetery, recalls the former Jewish community in Altona and gives an insight into Jewish religious life and culture.

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