The 20th Century on Film

Refugees: Journey to Hope (3x10)

Air date: Aug 11, 2018

Robert Capa, a war photographer who filmed refugees during the Spanish Civil War, was actually a Jewish refugee. Einstein, a Jewish scientist persecuted by the Nazis, was asked to become the first president of Israel, but he refused. He refused because he wanted to create a nation that would live in harmony with Arabs. Photographer Kyouichi Sawada shocked the world with his "Escape to Safety," in which he photographed Vietnamese refugees. What beautiful episodes he left behind with the families he filmed...