THE tr PASSPORT
Director BURAK CEM ARLIEL
Countries Turkey
Duration 91 min
Synopsis
The tr Passport tells the story of diplomats posted to tr Embassies and Consulates in several European countries, who saved numerous Jews during the Second World War.Whether they pulled them out of camps or took them off trains that were taking them to camps, the diplomats, in the end, ensured that the Jews, who were tr citizens,could return to TR and thus be saved.The tr Passport also uses written historical documents and archive footage to tell this story of rescue and bring to light the events of the time.The diplomats didn’t only save the lives of tr Jews,they also rescued foreign Jews condemned to a certain death by giving them tr Passports.In this dark period of history found light.Through interviews conducted with surviving Jews who had boarded the trains traveling from FR to TR,and talks with the diplomats and their families who saved their lives,the film demonstrates that “as long as good people are ready to act, evil cannot overcome.”
The tr Passport tells the story of diplomats posted to tr Embassies and Consulates in several European countries, who saved numerous Jews during the Second World War.Whether they pulled them out of camps or took them off trains that were taking them to camps, the diplomats, in the end, ensured that the Jews, who were tr citizens,could return to TR and thus be saved.The tr Passport also uses written historical documents and archive footage to tell this story of rescue and bring to light the events of the time.The diplomats didn’t only save the lives of tr Jews,they also rescued foreign Jews condemned to a certain death by giving them tr Passports.In this dark period of history found light.Through interviews conducted with surviving Jews who had boarded the trains traveling from FR to TR,and talks with the diplomats and their families who saved their lives,the film demonstrates that “as long as good people are ready to act, evil cannot overcome.”