Holocaust film shown for first time in a Muslim country

[pampango]

“Shoah,” the epic French documentary about the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime, was broadcast on Turkish television to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the first time the film has been shown on public television in a majority-Muslim country.

State television’s documentary channel showed the first part of the 9-hour-plus film by Claude Lanzmann late Thursday. The film has been subtitled in Arabic, Persian and Turkish by the Paris-based Aladdin project as part of its campaign to promote understanding between Jews and Muslims. Last year, a Los Angeles-based satellite channel broadcast the documentary in Iran.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/world/europe/turkey-state-tv-broadcasts-holocaust-documentary.html

[riverwalker]

1. the power of film

Wish our media would show "500 Nations" an outstanding documentary of the American holocaust against Native Americans. So many Americans have no idea of the magnitude of what happened on our own soil.

[provis99]

2. never heard of it. Which I guess is no surprise.

[EFerrari]

5. They really don't.

I noticed today that We Shall Remain can be streamed at Netflix.

[DCKit]

3. If they can't relate, then nobody can. nt

[xfundy]

4. Great news!

Hopefully they will recognize themselves, ie, that it could be any group so persecuted, and will also, hopefully, get the message that extremism, regardless of the instigating ideology, SUCKS and needs to FOAD.