TTS Videos
- The Yellow Star
The Yellow Star, an opera by composer/librettist Bradley Detrick, chronicles the rescue of Danish Jews through an ensemble of fictional characters who make difficult choices to act righteously, even as their world crumbled around them in October 1943. This promotional video features both selected performance excerpts and behind the scenes commentary by Thanks To Scandinavia’s former executive director Rebecca Neuwirth, Ambassador Torben Gettermann of Denmark, director David Mold, and cast members.
For more information about The Yellow Star, click here.
- The Legend
The Legend — Written by Victor Borge
Performed by Ditte Hofman and Heide Marie Geortzen
- Adventures in Freedom: the story of DP camps in Norway post World War II
This film, created in part by UJA, speaks about the Displaced Persons camps that were set up in Norway after World War II for Jewish survivors who would not or in most cases, could not, return to their homes.
A little-known but fascinating and moving part of 20th century war-time history.”
- A recreation of the true story of Jewish rescue in Gilleleje, Denmark
This video is a documentary/reenactment of the rescue of Jews during World War II from the coastal town of Gilleleje in Denmark.
The message “we have to fight to be human” resonates for the Danish students who travel the path of Jews fleeing Nazi capture to get to the safe shores of Sweden.
The film was directred by Arthur Ornitz and produced and co-written by Elaine Attias.
- Victor Borge Story
Victor Borge, the Danish musician and entertainer, was one of the founders of Thanks To Scandinavia, a scholarship fund in gratitude of the rescue of Jews during World War II.
This short video goes through Borge’s extraordinary life — born in Denmark, fleeing via Sweden to the United States during the War, and then “making it big.”
Borge also speaks about starting Thanks To Scandinavia and what the organization has meant to him.
The video is told in Borge’s own words through original interview footage.
Feature
A Melancholy Beauty: Interview with Founders Kalin and Sharon Tchonev
Liv Grimsby, Thanks To Scandinavia A Melancholy Beauty, a Songs of Life Production, had its World Premiere tour last year with performances in Washington DC, Boston and New York City. A Melancholy Beauty is a commissioned oratorio which depicts the rescue of 49,000 Bulgarian Jews from Hitler’s death camps, in 1943. It was founded by [...]
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