Imagine two different periods of war, movie . says story of Bosnian Muslims and Jews help each other escape of cruelty of Serbs and Nazis respectively.
Sabina Vajraka, American film director who She was herself a refugee from the Bosnian war in the 1990s, says Want her short film to remind world of The good of Normal people during times of conflict in Europe and the Middle East.
In May, Vajrasa text won The Holocaust Film Competition Held by the Jewish Claims Conference organization who believes compensation for Holocaust survivors.
“Evil keeps coming back over And the over And the wars continue over And the over And the message is complete of This movie is that when like this event Happening, you will remember your humanity And save others or you will become small Afraid and just think of Vajraka said in Interview with Reuters.
Film dependent “Sevap/Mitzvah” (“Good Deed”) on The true story of Muslim woman Zigneba Hardaga and her family who The Jew hid Kabiljo family in their own homeThey risk their lives, and he helps them escape Nazi Occupied Sarajevo in the forties and later move to Israel.
The Hardagas have been recognized as righteous among the nations by the Israeli Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem, based in on Testimony made by Kabiljo family. Honor awarded to non-Jews who help the jews escape persecution in The Holocaust.
Fifty years later, during the siege of 1992-1995 of Sarajevo by the separatist Jewish Bosnian Serb forces community The Hardagas family helped leave Sarajevo using fake jewish identity cards and Kabiljo family I gave them refuge in Israel.
Zejneba Hardaga is first Muslim woman in The world who “The righteous among the nations,” said Eli Tauber of Sarajevo, a Jew. community.
Tauber, who Wrote a book on 54 Bosnians who The righteous were honored for Save the Jews during World War II, Zygnipa Hardaga said also His grandparents helped leave Sarajevo at that time.
She gave my grandmother a headscarf and pants to disguise herself as a Muslim… and she gave my grandfather money to me buy tickets and run away from Sarajevo.
Vajraka hopes the film will be an inspiration to the fans with Her message: “Do what you can, do good verb is important and in some way may come back for you.”