Dir.: Mark Jonathan Harris; Script: Mark Jonathan Harris; Phot.: Don Lenzer; Ed.: Kate Amend; Mus.: Lee Holdridge; Cast: Morgan Freeman; Prod. & Sales: Rabbi Marvin Hier, Richard Trank, Moriah Films c/o Seventh Art Releasing, 755 Sunset Blvd., #104, Los Angeles, CA 90046 (États-Unis), tél.: (213) 845-1455, fax: (213) 845-4717.

In May 1945 Germany has been defeated by the Allies and the war in Europe is officially over. American, British and Russian soldiers have liberated the Nazi death camps in Central and Eastern Europe, revealing the enormity of what happened to their inmates. Thousands of starving, half-dead Jewish survivors are freed from Nazi persecution but for many the Holocaust is not over yet. Some are so physically and emotionally ill that they require months of convalescence. The majority have lost most, if not all, of their family members. Those who try to return home are met with anti-Semitism and violence. In a village near Vilnius, Lithuania, five Jews who survived are found murdered. In their pockets is a message in Polish warning: "This will be the fate of all surviving Jews." American and British authorities set up "Displaced Persons Camps" to house the refugees, often on the same sites as former concentration camps. Because they are assigned to camps according to their country of origin, Jews are mixed in with other displaced persons and often find themselves housed with Nazi collaborators while German nationals are quickly repatriated to Germany. A popular saying among refugees is that it is "better to be a conquered German than a liberated Jew". Through the use of archival newsreel footage, photos and personal accounts, this film documents the "shameful chapter in postwar history when the community of nations, including Britain and the United States, ignored the predicament of tens of thousands of Jewish refugees from 1945 to 1948, when the state of Israel was established and recognized by the U.N." "A staggeringly powerful documentary." -- Janet Maslin (New York Times) "A landmark documentary... rich historical tapestry... a meticulously researched and detailed film that chronicles tumultuous events almost month by month." -- Emanuel Levy (Variety)