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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.
Release Date: 2012-07-19
Documentary
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Official website: http://besathepromise.com/

Casts

Norman H. Gershman
as himself
Rexhep Hoxha
as himself

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