Memory Of The Shoah (Shema Israël)

I have made this movie because I've heard the song of Yaakov Shwekey. The story of the Rabbi made me think. I wanted to make a movie to remember the tragic hapening of the Shoah. Hope it will move you, it moved me... I don't own the rights of the movies Schindler's list, The Pianist and Band of Brothers.

Background story and words of the song:

Legend tells that Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman Zatsl (1886-1969) , The Ponovize rov, once was encountered by a church denial of the existence of jewish children in their place.
He began calling out „Shema Yisroel and instinctly children raised their hands to cover their eyes and startet calling out „Mama! Mama!
He sought to take care of many orphans and tried to rescue them from the clutches of secular Zionist organizations, especially the Yaldei Theran ("Children of Tehran") - children who escaped from Nazi Europe by walking across Europe to Tehran .

Shema Yisroel by Yaakov Shwekey

He raised his hand to wave goodbye
Saw the pain in mother´s eyes
who left her little precious boy of four

In a citadel of ashen stone
that preached a faith unlike his own
Perhaps he just may yet survive this war

In the shadow stood a man in black
My child he said, you must not look back
Yet one image lingered, the tears on her face
And mother´s words from their last embrace

Shema, Shema Yisroel
Know that there is but one G-d above
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
know how he longs to hear your voice
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

Deep within the iron gate
Far from the stench of war and hate
he knew not of a world gone insane

You must believe us, he was told
Our faith alone can save your soul
Please let us heal your wounds and ease your pain

He tried not to forget his past, his home
But he was so very young and all alone
While visions of his shtetl, once vivid and clear
began to fade, and all but disappeared

Shema, Shema Yisroel
Know that there is but one G-d above
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
know how he longs to hear your voice
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

The winds of war had finally passed
one man took on a sacred task
to bring the scattered jewish children home

He travelled far, from place to place
A quest to reignite the faith
of those sent into hiding long ago

He entered the fortress grey and cold
Your kind is not among us, he was told

Hashem above, he whispered, please don´t let me fail
As he began to sing
Shema Yisroel

Shema, Shema Yisroel
Know that there is but one G-d above
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
know how he longs to hear your voice
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

Shema, Shema Yisroel
Know that there is but one G-d above
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
know how he longs to hear your voice
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad


Shema, Shema Yisroel
Know that there is but one G-d above
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
know how he longs to hear your voice
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

Please say,
Shema, Shema Yisroel
Know that there is but, but one G-d above
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
know how he longs to hear our voice
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shoah
• Yaakov
• Shwekey
• Holocaust
• Jewish
• Israël
• Jews
• World
• War
• WW2
• Nazi
• Remember
• Song

[vizualartz]

How could some people deny what happened just 68-65 years ago?

May G-d allow his sons and daughters live in peace.

Psalm 137

[1950bk]

Never to be forgotten. Some of my family vanished at that time too. Jakov, Joseph, Ethel Kohn.... Jasenovac concentration camp.

[robster1278]

amazing video - I cant explain the deep hate for Hitler and his followers who could bear to kill 13 million people.

LONG LIVE ISRAEL !!!!!

Been there 16 times and im only 12

[Chaimbecker1]

I think this song to is takling about Rabbi Eliezer Silber Who worked trvaling the globe to find our missing children in the Catholic Missions in Europe and beyon

[joshuagears]

I love israel ,my people

[111lidor]

זכר לברכה

[Shaliaj7]

Great video, toda rabah for share it, Hashem bless Israel forever, and blessed the memory of every child, woman and man killed on the Shoa, Hashem took all them under His winds for eternity,our enemies will fall under our feet. wi will rise over and over again by Hashem power.

Israel I love you my people, blessed are your for ever, blessed Hashem!!!!

[1950bk]

Some things are not to be ever forgiven because the crime exceeds human limits of tolerance. Never to be forgotten! Shalom.

[MrTrnavska]

Mein Gott....warum, warum.....

[1950bk]

I come back to this movie now and then to remember those who were victims and a part of my family whom I never had a chance to meet because they vanished, too.

[IsraelForeverForever]

I'll never forget! My Grandpa was part of US Forces liberating Dachau sub-camp! The Almighty bless all those affected by this tragic and horrible part of our human history!

[stef75paris]

beautifull song!